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Cornish vs Portland, ME

Portland currently scores 10 points higher overall than Cornish, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Cornish

23/100

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Portland

33/100

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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

Cornish: 23/100 · Portland: 33/100

Portland is 10 points higher.

Flood

Cornish: 25/100 · Portland: 39/100

Portland is 14 points higher.

Cornish: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Portland: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 16 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Cornish: 18/100 · Portland: 20/100

Portland is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Cornish: 9/100 · Portland: 4/100

Cornish is 5 points higher.

Cornish: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Portland: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Cornish: 4/100 · Portland: 0/100

Cornish is 4 points higher.

Cornish: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Portland: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Cornish: 26/100 · Portland: 31/100

Portland is 5 points higher.

Cornish: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Portland: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Cornish: Unavailable · Portland: 99/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Cornish: 57/100 · Portland: 9/100

Cornish is 48 points higher.

Cornish: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Portland: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Cornish: 25/100 · Portland: 26/100

Portland is 1 points higher.

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

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