City vs city
Hickory Hills vs Palos Hills, IL
Palos Hills currently scores 5 points higher overall than Hickory Hills, 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
Hickory Hills: 34/100 · Palos Hills: 39/100
Palos Hills is 5 points higher.
Flood
Hickory Hills: 42/100 · Palos Hills: 42/100
No gap.
Hickory Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Palos Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Hickory Hills: 16/100 · Palos Hills: 16/100
No gap.
Hickory Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palos Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Hickory Hills: 38/100 · Palos Hills: 38/100
No gap.
Hickory Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palos Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Hickory Hills: 15/100 · Palos Hills: 58/100
Palos Hills is 43 points higher.
Hickory Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palos Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Hickory Hills: 75/100 · Palos Hills: 64/100
Hickory Hills is 11 points higher.
Hickory Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palos Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Hickory Hills: Unavailable · Palos Hills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Hickory Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palos Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Hickory Hills: 18/100 · Palos Hills: 25/100
Palos Hills is 7 points higher.
Hickory Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palos Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Hickory Hills: 31/100 · Palos Hills: 31/100
No gap.
Hickory Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Palos Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.