City vs city
Lake Wales vs Winter Haven, FL
Winter Haven currently scores 21 points higher overall than Lake Wales, 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
Lake Wales: 43/100 · Winter Haven: 64/100
Winter Haven is 21 points higher.
Flood
Lake Wales: 31/100 · Winter Haven: 36/100
Winter Haven is 5 points higher.
Lake Wales: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Winter Haven: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lake Wales: 45/100 · Winter Haven: 45/100
No gap.
Lake Wales: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Winter Haven: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lake Wales: 100/100 · Winter Haven: 98/100
Lake Wales is 2 points higher.
Lake Wales: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Winter Haven: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lake Wales: 0/100 · Winter Haven: 100/100
Winter Haven is 100 points higher.
Lake Wales: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winter Haven: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lake Wales: 10/100 · Winter Haven: 100/100
Winter Haven is 90 points higher.
Lake Wales: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winter Haven: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lake Wales: Unavailable · Winter Haven: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Lake Wales: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Winter Haven: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Lake Wales: 53/100 · Winter Haven: 53/100
No gap.
Lake Wales: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Winter Haven: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lake Wales: 17/100 · Winter Haven: 17/100
No gap.
Lake Wales: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Winter Haven: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.