City vs city
Fort Collins vs Garden City, CO
Garden City currently scores 4 points higher overall than Fort Collins, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Fort Collins: 48/100 · Garden City: 52/100
Garden City is 4 points higher.
Flood
Fort Collins: 53/100 · Garden City: 57/100
Garden City is 4 points higher.
Fort Collins: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.
Garden City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fort Collins: 16/100 · Garden City: 16/100
No gap.
Fort Collins: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Garden City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fort Collins: 23/100 · Garden City: 31/100
Garden City is 8 points higher.
Fort Collins: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Garden City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fort Collins: 35/100 · Garden City: 58/100
Garden City is 23 points higher.
Fort Collins: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Garden City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fort Collins: 100/100 · Garden City: 100/100
No gap.
Fort Collins: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Garden City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fort Collins: Unavailable · Garden City: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fort Collins: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Garden City: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fort Collins: 68/100 · Garden City: 66/100
Fort Collins is 2 points higher.
Fort Collins: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Garden City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fort Collins: 39/100 · Garden City: 39/100
No gap.
Fort Collins: 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.