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Kingston vs West Yarmouth, MA

West Yarmouth currently scores 6 points higher overall than Kingston, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Kingston

29/100

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West Yarmouth

35/100

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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

Kingston: 29/100 · West Yarmouth: 35/100

West Yarmouth is 6 points higher.

Flood

Kingston: 41/100 · West Yarmouth: 34/100

Kingston is 7 points higher.

Kingston: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.

West Yarmouth: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Kingston: 33/100 · West Yarmouth: 37/100

West Yarmouth is 4 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Kingston: 12/100 · West Yarmouth: 11/100

Kingston is 1 points higher.

Kingston: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

West Yarmouth: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Kingston: 0/100 · West Yarmouth: 23/100

West Yarmouth is 23 points higher.

Kingston: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

West Yarmouth: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Kingston: 4/100 · West Yarmouth: 6/100

West Yarmouth is 2 points higher.

Kingston: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

West Yarmouth: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Kingston: Unavailable · West Yarmouth: 97/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Kingston: 57/100 · West Yarmouth: 42/100

Kingston is 15 points higher.

Kingston: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

West Yarmouth: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Kingston: 27/100 · West Yarmouth: 27/100

No gap.

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

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