City vs city
Big Stone Gap vs Breaks, VA
Breaks currently scores 6 points higher overall than Big Stone Gap, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
Big Stone Gap: 26/100 · Breaks: 32/100
Breaks is 6 points higher.
Flood
Big Stone Gap: 23/100 · Breaks: 11/100
Big Stone Gap is 12 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Breaks: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Big Stone Gap: 14/100 · Breaks: 15/100
Breaks is 1 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Breaks: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Big Stone Gap: 34/100 · Breaks: 33/100
Big Stone Gap is 1 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Breaks: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Big Stone Gap: 15/100 · Breaks: 0/100
Big Stone Gap is 15 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Breaks: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Big Stone Gap: 15/100 · Breaks: 35/100
Breaks is 20 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Breaks: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Big Stone Gap: Unavailable · Breaks: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Big Stone Gap: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Breaks: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Big Stone Gap: 43/100 · Breaks: 64/100
Breaks is 21 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Breaks: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Big Stone Gap: 35/100 · Breaks: 31/100
Big Stone Gap is 4 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Breaks: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.