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Garland vs McAllen, TX

Garland currently scores 5 points higher overall than McAllen, with the largest gap in lightning.

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Garland

47/100

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McAllen

42/100

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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

Garland: 47/100 · McAllen: 42/100

Garland is 5 points higher.

Flood

Garland: 27/100 · McAllen: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Garland: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.

McAllen: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Wind

Garland: 14/100 · McAllen: 36/100

McAllen is 22 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Garland: 61/100 · McAllen: 35/100

Garland is 26 points higher.

Garland: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

McAllen: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Garland: 31/100 · McAllen: 27/100

Garland is 4 points higher.

Garland: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

McAllen: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Garland: 100/100 · McAllen: 100/100

No gap.

Garland: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

McAllen: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Garland: Unavailable · McAllen: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Garland: 64/100 · McAllen: 70/100

McAllen is 6 points higher.

Garland: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

McAllen: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Garland: 30/100 · McAllen: 26/100

Garland is 4 points higher.

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

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