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Centralia vs Yelm, WA

Yelm currently scores 1 points higher overall than Centralia, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Centralia

17/100

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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

Centralia: 17/100 · Yelm: 18/100

Yelm is 1 points higher.

Flood

Centralia: 24/100 · Yelm: 26/100

Yelm is 2 points higher.

Centralia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.

Yelm: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Centralia: 6/100 · Yelm: 6/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Centralia: 1/100 · Yelm: 2/100

Yelm is 1 points higher.

Centralia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Yelm: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Centralia: 4/100 · Yelm: 0/100

Centralia is 4 points higher.

Centralia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Yelm: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Centralia: 0/100 · Yelm: 2/100

Yelm is 2 points higher.

Centralia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Yelm: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Centralia: Unavailable · Yelm: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Centralia: 57/100 · Yelm: 62/100

Yelm is 5 points higher.

Centralia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Yelm: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Centralia: 9/100 · Yelm: 9/100

No gap.

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

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