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New Haven vs Waterbury, VT

Waterbury currently scores 7 points higher overall than New Haven, with the largest gap in hail.

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New Haven

17/100

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Waterbury

24/100

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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

New Haven: 17/100 · Waterbury: 24/100

Waterbury is 7 points higher.

Flood

New Haven: Unavailable · Waterbury: 53/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

New Haven: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Waterbury: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.

Wind

New Haven: 16/100 · Waterbury: 16/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

New Haven: 20/100 · Waterbury: 20/100

No gap.

New Haven: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Waterbury: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

New Haven: 8/100 · Waterbury: 0/100

New Haven is 8 points higher.

New Haven: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Waterbury: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

New Haven: 20/100 · Waterbury: 5/100

New Haven is 15 points higher.

New Haven: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Waterbury: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

New Haven: Unavailable · Waterbury: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

New Haven: 33/100 · Waterbury: 29/100

New Haven is 4 points higher.

New Haven: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Waterbury: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

New Haven: 23/100 · Waterbury: 21/100

New Haven is 2 points higher.

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

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