City vs city
Albany vs Cold Spring, MN
Albany currently scores 1 points higher overall than Cold Spring, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Albany: 31/100 · Cold Spring: 30/100
Albany is 1 points higher.
Flood
Albany: 37/100 · Cold Spring: 38/100
Cold Spring is 1 points higher.
Albany: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Cold Spring: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Albany: 18/100 · Cold Spring: 18/100
No gap.
Albany: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Cold Spring: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Albany: 32/100 · Cold Spring: 29/100
Albany is 3 points higher.
Albany: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Cold Spring: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Albany: 23/100 · Cold Spring: 0/100
Albany is 23 points higher.
Albany: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cold Spring: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Albany: 49/100 · Cold Spring: 52/100
Cold Spring is 3 points higher.
Albany: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cold Spring: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Albany: Unavailable · Cold Spring: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Albany: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Cold Spring: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Albany: 38/100 · Cold Spring: 22/100
Albany is 16 points higher.
Albany: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Cold Spring: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Albany: 21/100 · Cold Spring: 21/100
No gap.
Albany: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Cold Spring: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.