City vs city
Fort Collins vs Sterling, CO
Sterling currently scores 9 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 · Sterling: 57/100
Sterling is 9 points higher.
Flood
Fort Collins: 53/100 · Sterling: 73/100
Sterling is 20 points higher.
Fort Collins: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.
Sterling: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fort Collins: 16/100 · Sterling: 18/100
Sterling is 2 points higher.
Fort Collins: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sterling: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fort Collins: 23/100 · Sterling: 43/100
Sterling is 20 points higher.
Fort Collins: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sterling: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fort Collins: 35/100 · Sterling: 69/100
Sterling is 34 points higher.
Fort Collins: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sterling: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fort Collins: 100/100 · Sterling: 100/100
No gap.
Fort Collins: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sterling: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fort Collins: Unavailable · Sterling: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fort Collins: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sterling: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fort Collins: 68/100 · Sterling: 37/100
Fort Collins is 31 points higher.
Fort Collins: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sterling: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fort Collins: 39/100 · Sterling: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
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.
Sterling: Air quality model is not available for this location yet.