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Billings vs Poplar, MT

Poplar currently scores 1 points higher overall than Billings, with the largest gap in hail.

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Billings

34/100

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Poplar

35/100

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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

Billings: 34/100 · Poplar: 35/100

Poplar is 1 points higher.

Flood

Billings: 38/100 · Poplar: 48/100

Poplar is 10 points higher.

Billings: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.

Poplar: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Billings: 17/100 · Poplar: 18/100

Poplar is 1 points higher.

Billings: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Poplar: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Billings: 12/100 · Poplar: 21/100

Poplar is 9 points higher.

Billings: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Poplar: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Billings: 8/100 · Poplar: 4/100

Billings is 4 points higher.

Billings: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Poplar: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Billings: 100/100 · Poplar: 48/100

Billings is 52 points higher.

Billings: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Poplar: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Billings: Unavailable · Poplar: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Billings: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Poplar: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Billings: 46/100 · Poplar: 68/100

Poplar is 22 points higher.

Billings: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Poplar: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Billings: 16/100 · Poplar: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Billings: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

Poplar: Air quality model is not available for this location yet.