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Cheboygan vs Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Cheboygan currently scores 2 points higher overall than Sault Ste. Marie, with the largest gap in flood.

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Cheboygan

27/100

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Sault Ste. Marie

25/100

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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

Cheboygan: 27/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 25/100

Cheboygan is 2 points higher.

Flood

Cheboygan: 71/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 51/100

Cheboygan is 20 points higher.

Cheboygan: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Sault Ste. Marie: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Cheboygan: 13/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 13/100

No gap.

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

Sault Ste. Marie: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Cheboygan: 24/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 13/100

Cheboygan is 11 points higher.

Cheboygan: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sault Ste. Marie: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Cheboygan: 0/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 0/100

No gap.

Cheboygan: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sault Ste. Marie: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Cheboygan: 10/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 8/100

Cheboygan is 2 points higher.

Cheboygan: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sault Ste. Marie: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Cheboygan: Unavailable · Sault Ste. Marie: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

Sault Ste. Marie: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Cheboygan: 20/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 39/100

Sault Ste. Marie is 19 points higher.

Cheboygan: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sault Ste. Marie: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Cheboygan: 23/100 · Sault Ste. Marie: 24/100

Sault Ste. Marie is 1 points higher.

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

Sault Ste. Marie: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.