City vs city
Columbia Heights vs Minneapolis, MN
Columbia Heights currently scores 13 points higher overall than Minneapolis, 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
Columbia Heights: 50/100 · Minneapolis: 37/100
Columbia Heights is 13 points higher.
Flood
Columbia Heights: 40/100 · Minneapolis: 39/100
Columbia Heights is 1 points higher.
Columbia Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Minneapolis: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Columbia Heights: 17/100 · Minneapolis: 17/100
No gap.
Columbia Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Minneapolis: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Columbia Heights: 28/100 · Minneapolis: 26/100
Columbia Heights is 2 points higher.
Columbia Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Minneapolis: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Columbia Heights: 85/100 · Minneapolis: 4/100
Columbia Heights is 81 points higher.
Columbia Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Minneapolis: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Columbia Heights: 100/100 · Minneapolis: 100/100
No gap.
Columbia Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Minneapolis: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Columbia Heights: Unavailable · Minneapolis: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Columbia Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Minneapolis: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Columbia Heights: 52/100 · Minneapolis: 46/100
Columbia Heights is 6 points higher.
Columbia Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Minneapolis: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Columbia Heights: 26/100 · Minneapolis: 24/100
Columbia Heights is 2 points higher.
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.
Minneapolis: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.