City vs city
Butte vs West Kootenai, MT
Butte currently scores 4 points higher overall than West Kootenai, 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 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
Butte: 21/100 · West Kootenai: 17/100
Butte is 4 points higher.
Flood
Butte: 28/100 · West Kootenai: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Butte: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
West Kootenai: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
Butte: 14/100 · West Kootenai: 13/100
Butte is 1 points higher.
Butte: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
West Kootenai: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Butte: 7/100 · West Kootenai: 5/100
Butte is 2 points higher.
Butte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
West Kootenai: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Butte: 0/100 · West Kootenai: 0/100
No gap.
Butte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Kootenai: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Butte: 5/100 · West Kootenai: 3/100
Butte is 2 points higher.
Butte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Kootenai: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Butte: Unavailable · West Kootenai: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Butte: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
West Kootenai: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Butte: 56/100 · West Kootenai: 67/100
West Kootenai is 11 points higher.
Butte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
West Kootenai: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Butte: 17/100 · West Kootenai: 13/100
Butte is 4 points higher.
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.
West Kootenai: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.