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Kennewick vs Mount Vernon, WA

Mount Vernon currently scores 4 points higher overall than Kennewick, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Kennewick

10/100

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Mount Vernon

14/100

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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

Kennewick: 10/100 · Mount Vernon: 14/100

Mount Vernon is 4 points higher.

Flood

Kennewick: Unavailable · Mount Vernon: 0/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Kennewick: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Mount Vernon: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Kennewick: 9/100 · Mount Vernon: 7/100

Kennewick is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Kennewick: 2/100 · Mount Vernon: 1/100

Kennewick is 1 points higher.

Kennewick: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Mount Vernon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Kennewick: 0/100 · Mount Vernon: 0/100

No gap.

Kennewick: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Mount Vernon: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Kennewick: 1/100 · Mount Vernon: 0/100

Kennewick is 1 points higher.

Kennewick: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Mount Vernon: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Kennewick: Unavailable · Mount Vernon: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Kennewick: 36/100 · Mount Vernon: 52/100

Mount Vernon is 16 points higher.

Kennewick: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Mount Vernon: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Kennewick: 11/100 · Mount Vernon: 9/100

Kennewick is 2 points higher.

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

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