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Missoula vs Sun River, MT

Missoula and Sun River are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in wildfire.

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Missoula

34/100

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Sun River

34/100

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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

Missoula: 34/100 · Sun River: 34/100

No gap.

Flood

Missoula: 29/100 · Sun River: 41/100

Sun River is 12 points higher.

Missoula: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

Sun River: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Missoula: 14/100 · Sun River: 15/100

Sun River is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Missoula: 11/100 · Sun River: 14/100

Sun River is 3 points higher.

Missoula: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sun River: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Missoula: 0/100 · Sun River: 0/100

No gap.

Missoula: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sun River: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Missoula: 58/100 · Sun River: 75/100

Sun River is 17 points higher.

Missoula: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sun River: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Missoula: Unavailable · Sun River: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Missoula: 78/100 · Sun River: 30/100

Missoula is 48 points higher.

Missoula: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sun River: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Missoula: 12/100 · Sun River: 27/100

Sun River is 15 points higher.

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

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