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Decatur vs Mobile, AL

Mobile currently scores 18 points higher overall than Decatur, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Decatur

41/100

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Mobile

59/100

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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 uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; 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

Decatur: 41/100 · Mobile: 59/100

Mobile is 18 points higher.

Flood

Decatur: 56/100 · Mobile: 40/100

Decatur is 16 points higher.

Decatur: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.

Mobile: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Decatur: 15/100 · Mobile: 60/100

Mobile is 45 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Decatur: 75/100 · Mobile: 86/100

Mobile is 11 points higher.

Decatur: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Mobile: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Decatur: 12/100 · Mobile: 73/100

Mobile is 61 points higher.

Decatur: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Mobile: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Decatur: 65/100 · Mobile: 34/100

Decatur is 31 points higher.

Decatur: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Mobile: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Decatur: Unavailable · Mobile: 91/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Decatur: 38/100 · Mobile: 69/100

Mobile is 31 points higher.

Decatur: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Mobile: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Decatur: 26/100 · Mobile: 22/100

Decatur is 4 points higher.

Decatur: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

Mobile: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.