City vs city
Batesville vs Fort Smith, AR
Batesville currently scores 2 points higher overall than Fort Smith, 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
Batesville: 53/100 · Fort Smith: 51/100
Batesville is 2 points higher.
Flood
Batesville: 54/100 · Fort Smith: 46/100
Batesville is 8 points higher.
Batesville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Fort Smith: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Batesville: 15/100 · Fort Smith: 15/100
No gap.
Batesville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Fort Smith: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Batesville: 73/100 · Fort Smith: 86/100
Fort Smith is 13 points higher.
Batesville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Fort Smith: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Batesville: 50/100 · Fort Smith: 23/100
Batesville is 27 points higher.
Batesville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fort Smith: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Batesville: 100/100 · Fort Smith: 100/100
No gap.
Batesville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fort Smith: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Batesville: Unavailable · Fort Smith: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Batesville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Fort Smith: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Batesville: 56/100 · Fort Smith: 62/100
Fort Smith is 6 points higher.
Batesville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Fort Smith: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Batesville: 26/100 · Fort Smith: 27/100
Fort Smith is 1 points higher.
Batesville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Fort Smith: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.