City vs city
Muscle Shoals vs Russellville, AL
Muscle Shoals currently scores 14 points higher overall than Russellville, with the largest gap in tornado.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
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
Muscle Shoals: 58/100 · Russellville: 44/100
Muscle Shoals is 14 points higher.
Flood
Muscle Shoals: 44/100 · Russellville: 31/100
Muscle Shoals is 13 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.
Russellville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Muscle Shoals: 14/100 · Russellville: 15/100
Russellville is 1 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Russellville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Muscle Shoals: 73/100 · Russellville: 77/100
Russellville is 4 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Russellville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Muscle Shoals: 85/100 · Russellville: 23/100
Muscle Shoals is 62 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Russellville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Muscle Shoals: 100/100 · Russellville: 86/100
Muscle Shoals is 14 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Russellville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Muscle Shoals: Unavailable · Russellville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Muscle Shoals: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Russellville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Muscle Shoals: 65/100 · Russellville: 46/100
Muscle Shoals is 19 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Russellville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Muscle Shoals: 28/100 · Russellville: 27/100
Muscle Shoals is 1 points higher.
Muscle Shoals: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Russellville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.