City vs city
Newtown vs Sandy Hook, CT
Newtown currently scores 1 points higher overall than Sandy Hook, 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
Newtown: 32/100 · Sandy Hook: 31/100
Newtown is 1 points higher.
Flood
Newtown: 60/100 · Sandy Hook: 59/100
Newtown is 1 points higher.
Newtown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Sandy Hook: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Newtown: 25/100 · Sandy Hook: 24/100
Newtown is 1 points higher.
Newtown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sandy Hook: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Newtown: 15/100 · Sandy Hook: 15/100
No gap.
Newtown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sandy Hook: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Newtown: 8/100 · Sandy Hook: 12/100
Sandy Hook is 4 points higher.
Newtown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sandy Hook: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Newtown: 17/100 · Sandy Hook: 11/100
Newtown is 6 points higher.
Newtown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sandy Hook: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Newtown: Unavailable · Sandy Hook: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Newtown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sandy Hook: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Newtown: 63/100 · Sandy Hook: 68/100
Sandy Hook is 5 points higher.
Newtown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sandy Hook: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Newtown: 39/100 · Sandy Hook: 30/100
Newtown is 9 points higher.
Newtown: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sandy Hook: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.