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Hometown vs Pottsville, PA

Hometown currently scores 5 points higher overall than Pottsville, with the largest gap in hail.

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Hometown

40/100

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Pottsville

35/100

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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

Hometown: 40/100 · Pottsville: 35/100

Hometown is 5 points higher.

Flood

Hometown: 75/100 · Pottsville: 64/100

Hometown is 11 points higher.

Hometown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.

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

Wind

Hometown: 21/100 · Pottsville: 21/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Hometown: 33/100 · Pottsville: 35/100

Pottsville is 2 points higher.

Hometown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Pottsville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Hometown: 19/100 · Pottsville: 15/100

Hometown is 4 points higher.

Hometown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Pottsville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Hometown: 32/100 · Pottsville: 11/100

Hometown is 21 points higher.

Hometown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Pottsville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Hometown: Unavailable · Pottsville: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Hometown: 63/100 · Pottsville: 58/100

Hometown is 5 points higher.

Hometown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Pottsville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Hometown: 37/100 · Pottsville: 40/100

Pottsville is 3 points higher.

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

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