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Austin vs College Station, TX

College Station currently scores 9 points higher overall than Austin, with the largest gap in tornado.

Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.

Austin

47/100

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College Station

56/100

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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

Austin: 47/100 · College Station: 56/100

College Station is 9 points higher.

Flood

Austin: 28/100 · College Station: 25/100

Austin is 3 points higher.

Austin: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.

College Station: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Austin: 16/100 · College Station: 20/100

College Station is 4 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Austin: 40/100 · College Station: 53/100

College Station is 13 points higher.

Austin: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

College Station: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Austin: 50/100 · College Station: 100/100

College Station is 50 points higher.

Austin: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

College Station: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Austin: 100/100 · College Station: 100/100

No gap.

Austin: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

College Station: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Austin: Unavailable · College Station: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Austin: 58/100 · College Station: 62/100

College Station is 4 points higher.

Austin: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

College Station: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Austin: 34/100 · College Station: 29/100

Austin is 5 points higher.

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

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