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El Paso vs Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls currently scores 24 points higher overall than El Paso, with the largest gap in tornado.

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El Paso

24/100

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Wichita Falls

48/100

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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

El Paso: 24/100 · Wichita Falls: 48/100

Wichita Falls is 24 points higher.

Flood

El Paso: Unavailable · Wichita Falls: 36/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

El Paso: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Wichita Falls: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.

Wind

El Paso: 14/100 · Wichita Falls: 16/100

Wichita Falls is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

El Paso: 19/100 · Wichita Falls: 57/100

Wichita Falls is 38 points higher.

El Paso: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Wichita Falls: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

El Paso: 0/100 · Wichita Falls: 42/100

Wichita Falls is 42 points higher.

El Paso: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wichita Falls: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

El Paso: 69/100 · Wichita Falls: 100/100

Wichita Falls is 31 points higher.

El Paso: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wichita Falls: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

El Paso: Unavailable · Wichita Falls: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

El Paso: 22/100 · Wichita Falls: 59/100

Wichita Falls is 37 points higher.

El Paso: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Wichita Falls: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

El Paso: 21/100 · Wichita Falls: 27/100

Wichita Falls is 6 points higher.

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

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