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Carlisle vs Shippensburg, PA

Shippensburg currently scores 7 points higher overall than Carlisle, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Carlisle

30/100

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Shippensburg

37/100

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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

Carlisle: 30/100 · Shippensburg: 37/100

Shippensburg is 7 points higher.

Flood

Carlisle: 60/100 · Shippensburg: 61/100

Shippensburg is 1 points higher.

Carlisle: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

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

Wind

Carlisle: 20/100 · Shippensburg: 19/100

Carlisle is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Carlisle: 34/100 · Shippensburg: 34/100

No gap.

Carlisle: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Shippensburg: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Carlisle: 4/100 · Shippensburg: 35/100

Shippensburg is 31 points higher.

Carlisle: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shippensburg: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Carlisle: 10/100 · Shippensburg: 30/100

Shippensburg is 20 points higher.

Carlisle: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shippensburg: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Carlisle: Unavailable · Shippensburg: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Carlisle: 45/100 · Shippensburg: 43/100

Carlisle is 2 points higher.

Carlisle: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Shippensburg: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Carlisle: 38/100 · Shippensburg: 39/100

Shippensburg is 1 points higher.

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

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