City vs city
Houghton Lake vs St. Helen, MI
St. Helen currently scores 1 points higher overall than Houghton Lake, with the largest gap in wildfire.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
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
Houghton Lake: 29/100 · St. Helen: 30/100
St. Helen is 1 points higher.
Flood
Houghton Lake: 100/100 · St. Helen: 69/100
Houghton Lake is 31 points higher.
Houghton Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
St. Helen: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Houghton Lake: 14/100 · St. Helen: 14/100
No gap.
Houghton Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
St. Helen: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Houghton Lake: 17/100 · St. Helen: 16/100
Houghton Lake is 1 points higher.
Houghton Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
St. Helen: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Houghton Lake: 27/100 · St. Helen: 0/100
Houghton Lake is 27 points higher.
Houghton Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
St. Helen: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Houghton Lake: 8/100 · St. Helen: 9/100
St. Helen is 1 points higher.
Houghton Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
St. Helen: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Houghton Lake: Unavailable · St. Helen: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Houghton Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
St. Helen: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Houghton Lake: 16/100 · St. Helen: 55/100
St. Helen is 39 points higher.
Houghton Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
St. Helen: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Houghton Lake: 19/100 · St. Helen: 19/100
No gap.
Houghton Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
St. Helen: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.