City vs city
West Kootenai vs Yaak, MT
Yaak currently scores 5 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
West Kootenai: 17/100 · Yaak: 22/100
Yaak is 5 points higher.
Flood
West Kootenai: Unavailable · Yaak: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
West Kootenai: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Yaak: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
West Kootenai: 13/100 · Yaak: 13/100
No gap.
West Kootenai: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Yaak: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
West Kootenai: 5/100 · Yaak: 5/100
No gap.
West Kootenai: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Yaak: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
West Kootenai: 0/100 · Yaak: 0/100
No gap.
West Kootenai: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Yaak: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
West Kootenai: 3/100 · Yaak: 0/100
West Kootenai is 3 points higher.
West Kootenai: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Yaak: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
West Kootenai: Unavailable · Yaak: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
West Kootenai: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Yaak: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
West Kootenai: 67/100 · Yaak: 77/100
Yaak is 10 points higher.
West Kootenai: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Yaak: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
West Kootenai: 13/100 · Yaak: 13/100
No gap.
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.
Yaak: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.