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Culpeper vs Washington, VA

Washington currently scores 1 points higher overall than Culpeper, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Culpeper

28/100

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Washington

29/100

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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

Culpeper: 28/100 · Washington: 29/100

Washington is 1 points higher.

Flood

Culpeper: 29/100 · Washington: 25/100

Culpeper is 4 points higher.

Culpeper: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

Washington: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Culpeper: 19/100 · Washington: 19/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Culpeper: 35/100 · Washington: 32/100

Culpeper is 3 points higher.

Culpeper: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Washington: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Culpeper: 4/100 · Washington: 0/100

Culpeper is 4 points higher.

Culpeper: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Washington: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Culpeper: 16/100 · Washington: 21/100

Washington is 5 points higher.

Culpeper: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Washington: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Culpeper: Unavailable · Washington: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Culpeper: 56/100 · Washington: 41/100

Culpeper is 15 points higher.

Culpeper: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Washington: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Culpeper: 37/100 · Washington: 38/100

Washington is 1 points higher.

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

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