City vs city
Belle Plaine vs Norwood Young America, MN
Norwood Young America currently scores 5 points higher overall than Belle Plaine, 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
Belle Plaine: 32/100 · Norwood Young America: 37/100
Norwood Young America is 5 points higher.
Flood
Belle Plaine: 42/100 · Norwood Young America: 29/100
Belle Plaine is 13 points higher.
Belle Plaine: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Norwood Young America: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Belle Plaine: 18/100 · Norwood Young America: 18/100
No gap.
Belle Plaine: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Norwood Young America: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Belle Plaine: 25/100 · Norwood Young America: 25/100
No gap.
Belle Plaine: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Norwood Young America: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Belle Plaine: 15/100 · Norwood Young America: 0/100
Belle Plaine is 15 points higher.
Belle Plaine: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Norwood Young America: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Belle Plaine: 83/100 · Norwood Young America: 100/100
Norwood Young America is 17 points higher.
Belle Plaine: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Norwood Young America: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Belle Plaine: Unavailable · Norwood Young America: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Belle Plaine: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Norwood Young America: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Belle Plaine: 17/100 · Norwood Young America: 29/100
Norwood Young America is 12 points higher.
Belle Plaine: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Norwood Young America: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Belle Plaine: 23/100 · Norwood Young America: 23/100
No gap.
Belle Plaine: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Norwood Young America: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.