City vs city
Granite Falls vs Lake Stevens, WA
Lake Stevens currently scores 1 points higher overall than Granite Falls, with the largest gap in flood.
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 · Lake Stevens: 19/100
Lake Stevens is 1 points higher.
Flood
Granite Falls: 20/100 · Lake Stevens: 54/100
Lake Stevens is 34 points higher.
Granite Falls: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Lake Stevens: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Granite Falls: 8/100 · Lake Stevens: 7/100
Granite Falls is 1 points higher.
Granite Falls: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lake Stevens: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Granite Falls: 1/100 · Lake Stevens: 1/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Lake Stevens: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Granite Falls: 0/100 · Lake Stevens: 0/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Lake Stevens: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Granite Falls: 0/100 · Lake Stevens: 1/100
Lake Stevens is 1 points higher.
Granite Falls: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Lake Stevens: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Granite Falls: Unavailable · Lake Stevens: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Granite Falls: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Lake Stevens: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Granite Falls: 49/100 · Lake Stevens: 38/100
Granite Falls is 11 points higher.
Granite Falls: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Lake Stevens: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Granite Falls: 14/100 · Lake Stevens: 14/100
No gap.
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.
Lake Stevens: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.