City vs city
Berkley vs Wheat Ridge, CO
Berkley currently scores 10 points higher overall than Wheat Ridge, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
Berkley: 50/100 · Wheat Ridge: 40/100
Berkley is 10 points higher.
Flood
Berkley: 87/100 · Wheat Ridge: 43/100
Berkley is 44 points higher.
Berkley: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wheat Ridge: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 19 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Berkley: 15/100 · Wheat Ridge: 15/100
No gap.
Berkley: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Wheat Ridge: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Berkley: 32/100 · Wheat Ridge: 35/100
Wheat Ridge is 3 points higher.
Berkley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Wheat Ridge: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Berkley: 8/100 · Wheat Ridge: 35/100
Wheat Ridge is 27 points higher.
Berkley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Wheat Ridge: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Berkley: 100/100 · Wheat Ridge: 100/100
No gap.
Berkley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Wheat Ridge: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Berkley: Unavailable · Wheat Ridge: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Berkley: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wheat Ridge: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Berkley: 78/100 · Wheat Ridge: 24/100
Berkley is 54 points higher.
Berkley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Wheat Ridge: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Berkley: 30/100 · Wheat Ridge: 30/100
No gap.
Berkley: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Wheat Ridge: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.