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Boulder vs Butte, MT

Butte currently scores 1 points higher overall than Boulder, with the largest gap in hail.

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Boulder

20/100

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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

Boulder: 20/100 · Butte: 21/100

Butte is 1 points higher.

Flood

Boulder: Unavailable · Butte: 28/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Boulder: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

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

Wind

Boulder: 15/100 · Butte: 14/100

Boulder is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Boulder: 8/100 · Butte: 7/100

Boulder is 1 points higher.

Boulder: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Butte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Boulder: 0/100 · Butte: 0/100

No gap.

Boulder: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Butte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Boulder: 16/100 · Butte: 5/100

Boulder is 11 points higher.

Boulder: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Butte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Boulder: Unavailable · Butte: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Boulder: 66/100 · Butte: 56/100

Boulder is 10 points higher.

Boulder: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Butte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Boulder: 13/100 · Butte: 17/100

Butte is 4 points higher.

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

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