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