City vs city
Muskegon Heights vs Spring Lake, MI
Muskegon Heights currently scores 4 points higher overall than Spring Lake, with the largest gap in hail.
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
Muskegon Heights: 30/100 · Spring Lake: 26/100
Muskegon Heights is 4 points higher.
Flood
Muskegon Heights: 87/100 · Spring Lake: 75/100
Muskegon Heights is 12 points higher.
Muskegon Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Spring Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Muskegon Heights: 15/100 · Spring Lake: 15/100
No gap.
Muskegon Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Spring Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Muskegon Heights: 17/100 · Spring Lake: 18/100
Spring Lake is 1 points higher.
Muskegon Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Spring Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Muskegon Heights: 4/100 · Spring Lake: 8/100
Spring Lake is 4 points higher.
Muskegon Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Spring Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Muskegon Heights: 58/100 · Spring Lake: 7/100
Muskegon Heights is 51 points higher.
Muskegon Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Spring Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Muskegon Heights: Unavailable · Spring Lake: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Muskegon Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Spring Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Muskegon Heights: 10/100 · Spring Lake: 34/100
Spring Lake is 24 points higher.
Muskegon Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Spring Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Muskegon Heights: 22/100 · Spring Lake: 22/100
No gap.
Muskegon Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Spring 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.