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Athens vs Sweetwater, TN

Athens currently scores 4 points higher overall than Sweetwater, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Athens

41/100

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Sweetwater

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 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

Athens: 41/100 · Sweetwater: 37/100

Athens is 4 points higher.

Flood

Athens: 33/100 · Sweetwater: 42/100

Sweetwater is 9 points higher.

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

Sweetwater: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Athens: 13/100 · Sweetwater: 13/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Athens: 47/100 · Sweetwater: 46/100

Athens is 1 points higher.

Athens: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sweetwater: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Athens: 65/100 · Sweetwater: 0/100

Athens is 65 points higher.

Athens: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sweetwater: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Athens: 36/100 · Sweetwater: 34/100

Athens is 2 points higher.

Athens: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sweetwater: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Athens: Unavailable · Sweetwater: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Athens: 61/100 · Sweetwater: 51/100

Athens is 10 points higher.

Athens: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sweetwater: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Athens: 34/100 · Sweetwater: 37/100

Sweetwater is 3 points higher.

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

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