City vs city
Kennewick vs Prairie Heights, WA
Prairie Heights currently scores 8 points higher overall than Kennewick, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Kennewick: 10/100 · Prairie Heights: 18/100
Prairie Heights is 8 points higher.
Flood
Kennewick: Unavailable · Prairie Heights: 27/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Kennewick: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Prairie Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Kennewick: 9/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
Kennewick is 2 points higher.
Kennewick: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Kennewick: 2/100 · Prairie Heights: 2/100
No gap.
Kennewick: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Kennewick: 0/100 · Prairie Heights: 15/100
Prairie Heights is 15 points higher.
Kennewick: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Kennewick: 1/100 · Prairie Heights: 0/100
Kennewick is 1 points higher.
Kennewick: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Kennewick: Unavailable · Prairie Heights: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Kennewick: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Prairie Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Kennewick: 36/100 · Prairie Heights: 47/100
Prairie Heights is 11 points higher.
Kennewick: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Kennewick: 11/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
Kennewick is 4 points higher.
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.
Prairie Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.