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Surprise vs Wickenburg, AZ

Surprise currently scores 2 points higher overall than Wickenburg, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Surprise

38/100

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Wickenburg

36/100

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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

Surprise: 38/100 · Wickenburg: 36/100

Surprise is 2 points higher.

Flood

Surprise: 98/100 · Wickenburg: 94/100

Surprise is 4 points higher.

Surprise: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wickenburg: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 26 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Surprise: 10/100 · Wickenburg: 10/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Surprise: 15/100 · Wickenburg: 15/100

No gap.

Surprise: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Wickenburg: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Surprise: 0/100 · Wickenburg: 0/100

No gap.

Surprise: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wickenburg: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Surprise: 8/100 · Wickenburg: 16/100

Wickenburg is 8 points higher.

Surprise: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wickenburg: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Surprise: Unavailable · Wickenburg: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Surprise: 75/100 · Wickenburg: 51/100

Surprise is 24 points higher.

Surprise: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Wickenburg: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Surprise: 21/100 · Wickenburg: 28/100

Wickenburg is 7 points higher.

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

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