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Columbus vs Ottawa Hills, OH

Ottawa Hills currently scores 5 points higher overall than Columbus, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Columbus

38/100

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Ottawa Hills

43/100

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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

Columbus: 38/100 · Ottawa Hills: 43/100

Ottawa Hills is 5 points higher.

Flood

Columbus: 52/100 · Ottawa Hills: 72/100

Ottawa Hills is 20 points higher.

Columbus: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.

Ottawa Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 16 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Columbus: 16/100 · Ottawa Hills: 17/100

Ottawa Hills is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Columbus: 27/100 · Ottawa Hills: 35/100

Ottawa Hills is 8 points higher.

Columbus: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Ottawa Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Columbus: 38/100 · Ottawa Hills: 0/100

Columbus is 38 points higher.

Columbus: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Ottawa Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Columbus: 83/100 · Ottawa Hills: 69/100

Columbus is 14 points higher.

Columbus: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Ottawa Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Columbus: Unavailable · Ottawa Hills: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Columbus: 18/100 · Ottawa Hills: 28/100

Ottawa Hills is 10 points higher.

Columbus: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ottawa Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Columbus: 34/100 · Ottawa Hills: 39/100

Ottawa Hills is 5 points higher.

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

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