City vs city
Sauk Rapids vs Waite Park, MN
Waite Park currently scores 1 points higher overall than Sauk Rapids, 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
Sauk Rapids: 40/100 · Waite Park: 41/100
Waite Park is 1 points higher.
Flood
Sauk Rapids: 39/100 · Waite Park: 37/100
Sauk Rapids is 2 points higher.
Sauk Rapids: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Waite Park: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Sauk Rapids: 18/100 · Waite Park: 18/100
No gap.
Sauk Rapids: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Waite Park: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Sauk Rapids: 31/100 · Waite Park: 31/100
No gap.
Sauk Rapids: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Waite Park: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Sauk Rapids: 12/100 · Waite Park: 35/100
Waite Park is 23 points higher.
Sauk Rapids: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Waite Park: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Sauk Rapids: 100/100 · Waite Park: 93/100
Sauk Rapids is 7 points higher.
Sauk Rapids: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Waite Park: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Sauk Rapids: Unavailable · Waite Park: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Sauk Rapids: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Waite Park: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Sauk Rapids: 57/100 · Waite Park: 54/100
Sauk Rapids is 3 points higher.
Sauk Rapids: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Waite Park: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Sauk Rapids: 21/100 · Waite Park: 21/100
No gap.
Sauk Rapids: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Waite Park: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.