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Howard vs Wichita, KS

Wichita currently scores 4 points higher overall than Howard, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Howard

45/100

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Wichita

49/100

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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

Howard: 45/100 · Wichita: 49/100

Wichita is 4 points higher.

Flood

Howard: Unavailable · Wichita: 47/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Howard: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Wichita: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Howard: 18/100 · Wichita: 18/100

No gap.

Howard: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Wichita: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Howard: 79/100 · Wichita: 75/100

Howard is 4 points higher.

Howard: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Wichita: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Howard: 12/100 · Wichita: 23/100

Wichita is 11 points higher.

Howard: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wichita: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Howard: 100/100 · Wichita: 100/100

No gap.

Howard: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wichita: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Howard: Unavailable · Wichita: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Howard: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wichita: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Howard: 77/100 · Wichita: 55/100

Howard is 22 points higher.

Howard: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Wichita: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Howard: 27/100 · Wichita: 28/100

Wichita is 1 points higher.

Howard: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

Wichita: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.