City vs city
Olympia vs Prairie Heights, WA
Olympia and Prairie Heights are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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
Olympia: 18/100 · Prairie Heights: 18/100
No gap.
Flood
Olympia: 25/100 · Prairie Heights: 27/100
Prairie Heights is 2 points higher.
Olympia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Prairie Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Olympia: 6/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
Prairie Heights is 1 points higher.
Olympia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Olympia: 2/100 · Prairie Heights: 2/100
No gap.
Olympia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Prairie Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Olympia: 0/100 · Prairie Heights: 15/100
Prairie Heights is 15 points higher.
Olympia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Olympia: 3/100 · Prairie Heights: 0/100
Olympia is 3 points higher.
Olympia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Prairie Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Olympia: Unavailable · Prairie Heights: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Olympia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Prairie Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Olympia: 60/100 · Prairie Heights: 47/100
Olympia is 13 points higher.
Olympia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Prairie Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Olympia: 9/100 · Prairie Heights: 7/100
Olympia is 2 points higher.
Olympia: 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.