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Aurora vs Garden City, CO

Aurora currently scores 9 points higher overall than Garden City, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Aurora

61/100

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Garden City

52/100

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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

Aurora: 61/100 · Garden City: 52/100

Aurora is 9 points higher.

Flood

Aurora: 73/100 · Garden City: 57/100

Aurora is 16 points higher.

Aurora: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.

Garden City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Aurora: 15/100 · Garden City: 16/100

Garden City is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Aurora: 35/100 · Garden City: 31/100

Aurora is 4 points higher.

Aurora: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Garden City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Aurora: 100/100 · Garden City: 58/100

Aurora is 42 points higher.

Aurora: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Garden City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Aurora: 100/100 · Garden City: 100/100

No gap.

Aurora: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Garden City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Aurora: Unavailable · Garden City: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Aurora: 77/100 · Garden City: 66/100

Aurora is 11 points higher.

Aurora: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Garden City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Aurora: 30/100 · Garden City: 39/100

Garden City is 9 points higher.

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

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