City vs city
Maple Heights-Lake Desire vs Seattle, WA
Maple Heights-Lake Desire and Seattle are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 14/100 · Seattle: 14/100
No gap.
Flood
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 22/100 · Seattle: 30/100
Seattle is 8 points higher.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Seattle: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 7/100 · Seattle: 7/100
No gap.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Seattle: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 1/100 · Seattle: 1/100
No gap.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Seattle: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 0/100 · Seattle: 0/100
No gap.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seattle: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 2/100 · Seattle: 0/100
Maple Heights-Lake Desire is 2 points higher.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seattle: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Unavailable · Seattle: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Seattle: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 41/100 · Seattle: 26/100
Maple Heights-Lake Desire is 15 points higher.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Seattle: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 9/100 · Seattle: 8/100
Maple Heights-Lake Desire is 1 points higher.
Maple Heights-Lake Desire: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Seattle: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.