City vs city
Arden Hills vs Columbia Heights, MN
Columbia Heights currently scores 9 points higher overall than Arden Hills, 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
Arden Hills: 41/100 · Columbia Heights: 50/100
Columbia Heights is 9 points higher.
Flood
Arden Hills: 46/100 · Columbia Heights: 40/100
Arden Hills is 6 points higher.
Arden Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Columbia Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Arden Hills: 17/100 · Columbia Heights: 17/100
No gap.
Arden Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Columbia Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Arden Hills: 28/100 · Columbia Heights: 28/100
No gap.
Arden Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Columbia Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Arden Hills: 19/100 · Columbia Heights: 85/100
Columbia Heights is 66 points higher.
Arden Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Arden Hills: 100/100 · Columbia Heights: 100/100
No gap.
Arden Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Arden Hills: Unavailable · Columbia Heights: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Arden Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Columbia Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Arden Hills: 52/100 · Columbia Heights: 52/100
No gap.
Arden Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Columbia Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Arden Hills: 26/100 · Columbia Heights: 26/100
No gap.
Arden 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.
Columbia 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.