City vs city
Ballinger vs Big Spring, TX
Ballinger currently scores 6 points higher overall than Big Spring, 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
Ballinger: 50/100 · Big Spring: 44/100
Ballinger is 6 points higher.
Flood
Ballinger: Unavailable · Big Spring: 30/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Ballinger: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Big Spring: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Ballinger: 14/100 · Big Spring: 14/100
No gap.
Ballinger: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Big Spring: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Ballinger: 56/100 · Big Spring: 38/100
Ballinger is 18 points higher.
Ballinger: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Big Spring: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Ballinger: 92/100 · Big Spring: 50/100
Ballinger is 42 points higher.
Ballinger: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Big Spring: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Ballinger: 100/100 · Big Spring: 100/100
No gap.
Ballinger: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Big Spring: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Ballinger: Unavailable · Big Spring: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Ballinger: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Big Spring: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Ballinger: 37/100 · Big Spring: 52/100
Big Spring is 15 points higher.
Ballinger: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Big Spring: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Ballinger: Unavailable · Big Spring: 26/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Ballinger: Air quality model is not available for this location yet.
Big Spring: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.