City vs city
Buckley vs Prairie Heights, WA
Prairie Heights currently scores 4 points higher overall than Buckley, 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
Buckley: 14/100 · Prairie Heights: 18/100
Prairie Heights is 4 points higher.
Flood
Buckley: 26/100 · Prairie Heights: 27/100
Prairie Heights is 1 points higher.
Buckley: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Prairie Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Buckley: 7/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
No gap.
Buckley: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Buckley: 2/100 · Prairie Heights: 2/100
No gap.
Buckley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Buckley: 0/100 · Prairie Heights: 15/100
Prairie Heights is 15 points higher.
Buckley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Buckley: 0/100 · Prairie Heights: 0/100
No gap.
Buckley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Buckley: Unavailable · Prairie Heights: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Buckley: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Prairie Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Buckley: 30/100 · Prairie Heights: 47/100
Prairie Heights is 17 points higher.
Buckley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Buckley: 7/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
No gap.
Buckley: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Prairie Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.