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Augusta vs Lewiston, ME

Augusta currently scores 5 points higher overall than Lewiston, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Augusta

25/100

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Lewiston

20/100

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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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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

Augusta: 25/100 · Lewiston: 20/100

Augusta is 5 points higher.

Flood

Augusta: 27/100 · Lewiston: 25/100

Augusta is 2 points higher.

Augusta: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.

Lewiston: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Augusta: 18/100 · Lewiston: 18/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Augusta: 8/100 · Lewiston: 8/100

No gap.

Augusta: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Lewiston: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Augusta: 8/100 · Lewiston: 0/100

Augusta is 8 points higher.

Augusta: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Lewiston: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Augusta: 27/100 · Lewiston: 11/100

Augusta is 16 points higher.

Augusta: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Lewiston: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Augusta: Unavailable · Lewiston: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Augusta: 60/100 · Lewiston: 39/100

Augusta is 21 points higher.

Augusta: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Lewiston: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Augusta: 24/100 · Lewiston: 19/100

Augusta is 5 points higher.

Augusta: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Lewiston: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.