City vs city
Granite Falls vs Kennewick, WA
Granite Falls currently scores 8 points higher overall than Kennewick, 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
Granite Falls: 18/100 · Kennewick: 10/100
Granite Falls is 8 points higher.
Flood
Granite Falls: 20/100 · Kennewick: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Granite Falls: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Kennewick: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
Granite Falls: 8/100 · Kennewick: 9/100
Kennewick is 1 points higher.
Granite Falls: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Kennewick: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Granite Falls: 1/100 · Kennewick: 2/100
Kennewick is 1 points higher.
Granite Falls: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Kennewick: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Granite Falls: 0/100 · Kennewick: 0/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Kennewick: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Granite Falls: 0/100 · Kennewick: 1/100
Kennewick is 1 points higher.
Granite Falls: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Kennewick: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Granite Falls: Unavailable · Kennewick: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Granite Falls: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Kennewick: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Granite Falls: 49/100 · Kennewick: 36/100
Granite Falls is 13 points higher.
Granite Falls: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Kennewick: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Granite Falls: 14/100 · Kennewick: 11/100
Granite Falls is 3 points higher.
Granite Falls: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Kennewick: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.