City vs city
Big Stone Gap vs Stickleyville, VA
Stickleyville currently scores 3 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 · Stickleyville: 29/100
Stickleyville is 3 points higher.
Flood
Big Stone Gap: 23/100 · Stickleyville: 26/100
Stickleyville is 3 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Stickleyville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Big Stone Gap: 14/100 · Stickleyville: 14/100
No gap.
Big Stone Gap: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Stickleyville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Big Stone Gap: 34/100 · Stickleyville: 35/100
Stickleyville is 1 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Stickleyville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Big Stone Gap: 15/100 · Stickleyville: 8/100
Big Stone Gap is 7 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Stickleyville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Big Stone Gap: 15/100 · Stickleyville: 25/100
Stickleyville is 10 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Stickleyville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Big Stone Gap: Unavailable · Stickleyville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Big Stone Gap: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Stickleyville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Big Stone Gap: 43/100 · Stickleyville: 60/100
Stickleyville is 17 points higher.
Big Stone Gap: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Stickleyville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Big Stone Gap: 35/100 · Stickleyville: 34/100
Big Stone Gap is 1 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.
Stickleyville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.