City vs city
Medicine Lake vs Plentywood, MT
Plentywood currently scores 3 points higher overall than Medicine Lake, with the largest gap in hail.
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
Medicine Lake: 22/100 · Plentywood: 25/100
Plentywood is 3 points higher.
Flood
Medicine Lake: 39/100 · Plentywood: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Medicine Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Plentywood: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
Medicine Lake: 18/100 · Plentywood: 18/100
No gap.
Medicine Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Plentywood: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Medicine Lake: 25/100 · Plentywood: 24/100
Medicine Lake is 1 points higher.
Medicine Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Plentywood: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Medicine Lake: 0/100 · Plentywood: 8/100
Plentywood is 8 points higher.
Medicine Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Plentywood: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Medicine Lake: 7/100 · Plentywood: 81/100
Plentywood is 74 points higher.
Medicine Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Plentywood: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Medicine Lake: Unavailable · Plentywood: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Medicine Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Plentywood: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Medicine Lake: 30/100 · Plentywood: 30/100
No gap.
Medicine Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Plentywood: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Medicine Lake: 13/100 · Plentywood: 11/100
Medicine Lake is 2 points higher.
Medicine Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Plentywood: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.