City vs city
Muscatine vs West Liberty, IA
Muscatine and West Liberty are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in flood.
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
Muscatine: 41/100 · West Liberty: 41/100
No gap.
Flood
Muscatine: 18/100 · West Liberty: 83/100
West Liberty is 65 points higher.
Muscatine: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
West Liberty: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 15 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Muscatine: 17/100 · West Liberty: 17/100
No gap.
Muscatine: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
West Liberty: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Muscatine: 42/100 · West Liberty: 44/100
West Liberty is 2 points higher.
Muscatine: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
West Liberty: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Muscatine: 58/100 · West Liberty: 27/100
Muscatine is 31 points higher.
Muscatine: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Liberty: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Muscatine: 100/100 · West Liberty: 51/100
Muscatine is 49 points higher.
Muscatine: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Liberty: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Muscatine: Unavailable · West Liberty: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Muscatine: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
West Liberty: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Muscatine: 30/100 · West Liberty: 38/100
West Liberty is 8 points higher.
Muscatine: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
West Liberty: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Muscatine: 25/100 · West Liberty: 25/100
No gap.
Muscatine: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
West Liberty: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.