City vs city
Columbine vs Sterling Ranch, CO
Columbine currently scores 2 points higher overall than Sterling Ranch, with the largest gap in hail.
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: 40/100 · Sterling Ranch: 38/100
Columbine is 2 points higher.
Flood
Columbine: 55/100 · Sterling Ranch: 44/100
Columbine is 11 points higher.
Columbine: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Sterling Ranch: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Columbine: 15/100 · Sterling Ranch: 15/100
No gap.
Columbine: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sterling Ranch: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Columbine: 36/100 · Sterling Ranch: 35/100
Columbine is 1 points higher.
Columbine: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sterling Ranch: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Columbine: 23/100 · Sterling Ranch: 0/100
Columbine is 23 points higher.
Columbine: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sterling Ranch: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Columbine: 100/100 · Sterling Ranch: 38/100
Columbine is 62 points higher.
Columbine: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sterling Ranch: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Columbine: Unavailable · Sterling Ranch: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Columbine: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sterling Ranch: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Columbine: 23/100 · Sterling Ranch: 70/100
Sterling Ranch is 47 points higher.
Columbine: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sterling Ranch: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Columbine: 28/100 · Sterling Ranch: 28/100
No gap.
Columbine: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sterling 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.