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Montclair vs Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach currently scores 5 points higher overall than Montclair, with the largest gap in current air quality.

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Montclair

32/100

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Virginia Beach

37/100

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Hazard breakdown

Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality is a current EPA AirNow signal; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.

Overall

Montclair: 32/100 · Virginia Beach: 37/100

Virginia Beach is 5 points higher.

Flood

Montclair: 24/100 · Virginia Beach: 30/100

Virginia Beach is 6 points higher.

Montclair: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Virginia Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Montclair: 20/100 · Virginia Beach: 30/100

Virginia Beach is 10 points higher.

Montclair: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Virginia Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Montclair: 42/100 · Virginia Beach: 43/100

Virginia Beach is 1 points higher.

Montclair: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Virginia Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Montclair: 0/100 · Virginia Beach: 8/100

Virginia Beach is 8 points higher.

Montclair: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Virginia Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Montclair: 35/100 · Virginia Beach: 27/100

Montclair is 8 points higher.

Montclair: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Virginia Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Montclair: Unavailable · Virginia Beach: 90/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Montclair: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Virginia Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.

Wildfire

Montclair: 29/100 · Virginia Beach: 39/100

Virginia Beach is 10 points higher.

Montclair: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Virginia Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Montclair: 40/100 · Virginia Beach: 27/100

Montclair is 13 points higher.

Montclair: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Virginia Beach: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.