City vs city
Lakewood Ranch vs Longboat Key, FL
Lakewood Ranch currently scores 8 points higher overall than Longboat Key, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
Lakewood Ranch: 46/100 · Longboat Key: 38/100
Lakewood Ranch is 8 points higher.
Flood
Lakewood Ranch: 40/100 · Longboat Key: 47/100
Longboat Key is 7 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 22 features intersect this tile.
Longboat Key: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lakewood Ranch: 52/100 · Longboat Key: 54/100
Longboat Key is 2 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Longboat Key: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lakewood Ranch: 68/100 · Longboat Key: 53/100
Lakewood Ranch is 15 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Longboat Key: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lakewood Ranch: 15/100 · Longboat Key: 15/100
No gap.
Lakewood Ranch: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Longboat Key: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lakewood Ranch: 34/100 · Longboat Key: 13/100
Lakewood Ranch is 21 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Longboat Key: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lakewood Ranch: 86/100 · Longboat Key: 99/100
Longboat Key is 13 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Longboat Key: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Lakewood Ranch: 56/100 · Longboat Key: 5/100
Lakewood Ranch is 51 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Longboat Key: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lakewood Ranch: 15/100 · Longboat Key: 17/100
Longboat Key is 2 points higher.
Lakewood Ranch: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Longboat Key: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.