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Porcupine vs Watertown, SD

Watertown currently scores 11 points higher overall than Porcupine, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Porcupine

39/100

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Watertown

50/100

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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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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

Porcupine: 39/100 · Watertown: 50/100

Watertown is 11 points higher.

Flood

Porcupine: Unavailable · Watertown: 79/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Porcupine: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Watertown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Porcupine: 20/100 · Watertown: 20/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Porcupine: 39/100 · Watertown: 42/100

Watertown is 3 points higher.

Porcupine: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Watertown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Porcupine: 0/100 · Watertown: 0/100

No gap.

Porcupine: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Watertown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Porcupine: 68/100 · Watertown: 100/100

Watertown is 32 points higher.

Porcupine: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Watertown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Porcupine: Unavailable · Watertown: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Porcupine: 75/100 · Watertown: 38/100

Porcupine is 37 points higher.

Porcupine: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Watertown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Porcupine: 33/100 · Watertown: 21/100

Porcupine is 12 points higher.

Porcupine: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Watertown: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.