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Belding vs Forest Hills, MI

Belding currently scores 2 points higher overall than Forest Hills, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Belding

29/100

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Forest Hills

27/100

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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

Belding: 29/100 · Forest Hills: 27/100

Belding is 2 points higher.

Flood

Belding: 54/100 · Forest Hills: 62/100

Forest Hills is 8 points higher.

Belding: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.

Forest Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Belding: 15/100 · Forest Hills: 15/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Belding: 20/100 · Forest Hills: 20/100

No gap.

Belding: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Forest Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Belding: 0/100 · Forest Hills: 15/100

Forest Hills is 15 points higher.

Belding: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Forest Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Belding: 14/100 · Forest Hills: 10/100

Belding is 4 points higher.

Belding: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Forest Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Belding: Unavailable · Forest Hills: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Belding: 45/100 · Forest Hills: 43/100

Belding is 2 points higher.

Belding: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Forest Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Belding: 26/100 · Forest Hills: 26/100

No gap.

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

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