City vs city
Buzzards Bay vs Great Barrington, MA
Buzzards Bay currently scores 14 points higher overall than Great Barrington, 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
Buzzards Bay: 37/100 · Great Barrington: 23/100
Buzzards Bay is 14 points higher.
Flood
Buzzards Bay: 58/100 · Great Barrington: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Buzzards Bay: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 19 features intersect this tile.
Great Barrington: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
Buzzards Bay: 36/100 · Great Barrington: 21/100
Buzzards Bay is 15 points higher.
Buzzards Bay: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Great Barrington: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Buzzards Bay: 13/100 · Great Barrington: 16/100
Great Barrington is 3 points higher.
Buzzards Bay: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Great Barrington: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Buzzards Bay: 0/100 · Great Barrington: 15/100
Great Barrington is 15 points higher.
Buzzards Bay: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Great Barrington: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Buzzards Bay: 13/100 · Great Barrington: 22/100
Great Barrington is 9 points higher.
Buzzards Bay: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Great Barrington: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Buzzards Bay: 99/100 · Great Barrington: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Buzzards Bay: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Great Barrington: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Buzzards Bay: 12/100 · Great Barrington: 57/100
Great Barrington is 45 points higher.
Buzzards Bay: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Great Barrington: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Buzzards Bay: 27/100 · Great Barrington: 27/100
No gap.
Buzzards Bay: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Great Barrington: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.