City vs city
Columbine Valley vs Highlands Ranch, CO
Columbine Valley and Highlands Ranch are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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
Columbine Valley: 40/100 · Highlands Ranch: 40/100
No gap.
Flood
Columbine Valley: 55/100 · Highlands Ranch: 36/100
Columbine Valley is 19 points higher.
Columbine Valley: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Highlands Ranch: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Columbine Valley: 15/100 · Highlands Ranch: 15/100
No gap.
Columbine Valley: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Highlands Ranch: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Columbine Valley: 36/100 · Highlands Ranch: 35/100
Columbine Valley is 1 points higher.
Columbine Valley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Highlands Ranch: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Columbine Valley: 23/100 · Highlands Ranch: 4/100
Columbine Valley is 19 points higher.
Columbine Valley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Highlands Ranch: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Columbine Valley: 100/100 · Highlands Ranch: 100/100
No gap.
Columbine Valley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Highlands Ranch: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Columbine Valley: Unavailable · Highlands Ranch: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Columbine Valley: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Highlands Ranch: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Columbine Valley: 23/100 · Highlands Ranch: 61/100
Highlands Ranch is 38 points higher.
Columbine Valley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Highlands Ranch: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Columbine Valley: 28/100 · Highlands Ranch: 28/100
No gap.
Columbine Valley: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Highlands Ranch: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.