City vs city
Garden City vs West Hempstead, NY
Garden City currently scores 8 points higher overall than West Hempstead, 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
Garden City: 55/100 · West Hempstead: 47/100
Garden City is 8 points higher.
Flood
Garden City: 26/100 · West Hempstead: 78/100
West Hempstead is 52 points higher.
Garden City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
West Hempstead: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 15 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Garden City: 27/100 · West Hempstead: 28/100
West Hempstead is 1 points higher.
Garden City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
West Hempstead: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Garden City: 17/100 · West Hempstead: 16/100
Garden City is 1 points higher.
Garden City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
West Hempstead: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Garden City: 0/100 · West Hempstead: 15/100
West Hempstead is 15 points higher.
Garden City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Hempstead: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Garden City: 85/100 · West Hempstead: 15/100
Garden City is 70 points higher.
Garden City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Hempstead: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Garden City: 99/100 · West Hempstead: 99/100
No gap.
Garden City: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
West Hempstead: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Garden City: 84/100 · West Hempstead: 76/100
Garden City is 8 points higher.
Garden City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
West Hempstead: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Garden City: 47/100 · West Hempstead: 47/100
No gap.
Garden City: 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 Hempstead: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.