City vs city
Columbia vs Elizabethtown, KY
Columbia currently scores 4 points higher overall than Elizabethtown, 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
Columbia: 34/100 · Elizabethtown: 30/100
Columbia is 4 points higher.
Flood
Columbia: 48/100 · Elizabethtown: 42/100
Columbia is 6 points higher.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.
Elizabethtown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Columbia: 14/100 · Elizabethtown: 14/100
No gap.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Elizabethtown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Columbia: 46/100 · Elizabethtown: 45/100
Columbia is 1 points higher.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Elizabethtown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Columbia: 23/100 · Elizabethtown: 8/100
Columbia is 15 points higher.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Elizabethtown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Columbia: 36/100 · Elizabethtown: 36/100
No gap.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Elizabethtown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Columbia: Unavailable · Elizabethtown: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Elizabethtown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Columbia: 36/100 · Elizabethtown: 35/100
Columbia is 1 points higher.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Elizabethtown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Columbia: 32/100 · Elizabethtown: 31/100
Columbia is 1 points higher.
Columbia: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Elizabethtown: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.