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Merkel vs San Antonio, TX

Merkel currently scores 10 points higher overall than San Antonio, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Merkel

49/100

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San Antonio

39/100

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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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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

Merkel: 49/100 · San Antonio: 39/100

Merkel is 10 points higher.

Flood

Merkel: 28/100 · San Antonio: 34/100

San Antonio is 6 points higher.

Merkel: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

San Antonio: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Merkel: 15/100 · San Antonio: 17/100

San Antonio is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Merkel: 57/100 · San Antonio: 35/100

Merkel is 22 points higher.

Merkel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Merkel: 31/100 · San Antonio: 4/100

Merkel is 27 points higher.

Merkel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Merkel: 100/100 · San Antonio: 100/100

No gap.

Merkel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Merkel: Unavailable · San Antonio: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Merkel: 61/100 · San Antonio: 54/100

Merkel is 7 points higher.

Merkel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Antonio: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Merkel: Unavailable · San Antonio: 30/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Merkel: Air quality model is not available for this location yet.

San Antonio: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.