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Chelsea vs Great Barrington, MA

Chelsea currently scores 16 points higher overall than Great Barrington, with the largest gap in hail.

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Chelsea

39/100

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Great Barrington

23/100

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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

Chelsea: 39/100 · Great Barrington: 23/100

Chelsea is 16 points higher.

Flood

Chelsea: 48/100 · Great Barrington: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Chelsea: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 21 features intersect this tile.

Great Barrington: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Wind

Chelsea: 27/100 · Great Barrington: 21/100

Chelsea is 6 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Chelsea: 10/100 · Great Barrington: 16/100

Great Barrington is 6 points higher.

Chelsea: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Great Barrington: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Chelsea: 15/100 · Great Barrington: 15/100

No gap.

Chelsea: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Great Barrington: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Chelsea: 30/100 · Great Barrington: 22/100

Chelsea is 8 points higher.

Chelsea: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Great Barrington: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Chelsea: 98/100 · Great Barrington: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Chelsea: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.

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

Wildfire

Chelsea: 57/100 · Great Barrington: 57/100

No gap.

Chelsea: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Great Barrington: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Chelsea: 26/100 · Great Barrington: 27/100

Great Barrington is 1 points higher.

Chelsea: 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.