City vs city
Balcones Heights vs Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth currently scores 13 points higher overall than Balcones Heights, with the largest gap in tornado.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
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
Balcones Heights: 43/100 · Fort Worth: 56/100
Fort Worth is 13 points higher.
Flood
Balcones Heights: 22/100 · Fort Worth: 38/100
Fort Worth is 16 points higher.
Balcones Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Fort Worth: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 18 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Balcones Heights: 16/100 · Fort Worth: 14/100
Balcones Heights is 2 points higher.
Balcones Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Fort Worth: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Balcones Heights: 40/100 · Fort Worth: 53/100
Fort Worth is 13 points higher.
Balcones Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Fort Worth: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Balcones Heights: 35/100 · Fort Worth: 100/100
Fort Worth is 65 points higher.
Balcones Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fort Worth: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Balcones Heights: 100/100 · Fort Worth: 100/100
No gap.
Balcones Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fort Worth: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Balcones Heights: Unavailable · Fort Worth: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Balcones Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Fort Worth: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Balcones Heights: 60/100 · Fort Worth: 57/100
Balcones Heights is 3 points higher.
Balcones Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Fort Worth: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Balcones Heights: 28/100 · Fort Worth: 28/100
No gap.
Balcones Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Fort Worth: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.