City vs city
Cold Spring vs Sauk Centre, MN
Sauk Centre currently scores 3 points higher overall than Cold Spring, 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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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
Cold Spring: 30/100 · Sauk Centre: 33/100
Sauk Centre is 3 points higher.
Flood
Cold Spring: 38/100 · Sauk Centre: 29/100
Cold Spring is 9 points higher.
Cold Spring: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Sauk Centre: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cold Spring: 18/100 · Sauk Centre: 18/100
No gap.
Cold Spring: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sauk Centre: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cold Spring: 29/100 · Sauk Centre: 33/100
Sauk Centre is 4 points higher.
Cold Spring: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sauk Centre: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cold Spring: 0/100 · Sauk Centre: 12/100
Sauk Centre is 12 points higher.
Cold Spring: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sauk Centre: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cold Spring: 52/100 · Sauk Centre: 72/100
Sauk Centre is 20 points higher.
Cold Spring: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sauk Centre: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cold Spring: Unavailable · Sauk Centre: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cold Spring: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sauk Centre: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cold Spring: 22/100 · Sauk Centre: 44/100
Sauk Centre is 22 points higher.
Cold Spring: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sauk Centre: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Current air quality
Cold Spring: 21/100 · Sauk Centre: 26/100
Sauk Centre is 5 points higher.
Cold Spring: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.
Sauk Centre: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.