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Issaquah vs Sammamish, WA

Issaquah currently scores 1 points higher overall than Sammamish, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Issaquah

13/100

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Sammamish

12/100

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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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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

Issaquah: 13/100 · Sammamish: 12/100

Issaquah is 1 points higher.

Flood

Issaquah: 29/100 · Sammamish: 31/100

Sammamish is 2 points higher.

Issaquah: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Sammamish: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Issaquah: 7/100 · Sammamish: 7/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Issaquah: 1/100 · Sammamish: 1/100

No gap.

Issaquah: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sammamish: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Issaquah: 4/100 · Sammamish: 0/100

Issaquah is 4 points higher.

Issaquah: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sammamish: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Issaquah: 6/100 · Sammamish: 1/100

Issaquah is 5 points higher.

Issaquah: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sammamish: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Issaquah: Unavailable · Sammamish: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Issaquah: 36/100 · Sammamish: 23/100

Issaquah is 13 points higher.

Issaquah: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sammamish: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Issaquah: 8/100 · Sammamish: 8/100

No gap.

Issaquah: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Sammamish: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.