City vs city
Crested Butte vs Paonia, CO
Paonia currently scores 3 points higher overall than Crested Butte, with the largest gap in ingested air quality.
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
Crested Butte: 33/100 · Paonia: 36/100
Paonia is 3 points higher.
Flood
Crested Butte: 52/100 · Paonia: 37/100
Crested Butte is 15 points higher.
Crested Butte: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Paonia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Crested Butte: 13/100 · Paonia: 13/100
No gap.
Crested Butte: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Paonia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Crested Butte: 11/100 · Paonia: 13/100
Paonia is 2 points higher.
Crested Butte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Paonia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Crested Butte: 0/100 · Paonia: 0/100
No gap.
Crested Butte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Paonia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Crested Butte: 0/100 · Paonia: 1/100
Paonia is 1 points higher.
Crested Butte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Paonia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Crested Butte: Unavailable · Paonia: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Crested Butte: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Paonia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Crested Butte: 41/100 · Paonia: 69/100
Paonia is 28 points higher.
Crested Butte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Paonia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Crested Butte: 47/100 · Paonia: 83/100
Paonia is 36 points higher.
Crested Butte: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Paonia: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.