City vs city
Big Lake vs Mount Vernon, WA
Big Lake and Mount Vernon are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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 Lake: 14/100 · Mount Vernon: 14/100
No gap.
Flood
Big Lake: Unavailable · Mount Vernon: 0/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Big Lake: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Mount Vernon: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Big Lake: 7/100 · Mount Vernon: 7/100
No gap.
Big Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Mount Vernon: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Big Lake: 1/100 · Mount Vernon: 1/100
No gap.
Big Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Mount Vernon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Big Lake: 0/100 · Mount Vernon: 0/100
No gap.
Big Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Mount Vernon: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Big Lake: 0/100 · Mount Vernon: 0/100
No gap.
Big Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Mount Vernon: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Big Lake: Unavailable · Mount Vernon: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Big Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Mount Vernon: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Big Lake: 53/100 · Mount Vernon: 52/100
Big Lake is 1 points higher.
Big Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Mount Vernon: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Big Lake: 9/100 · Mount Vernon: 9/100
No gap.
Big Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Mount Vernon: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.