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Olympia vs Shelton, WA

Olympia currently scores 1 points higher overall than Shelton, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Olympia

18/100

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Shelton

17/100

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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

Olympia: 18/100 · Shelton: 17/100

Olympia is 1 points higher.

Flood

Olympia: 25/100 · Shelton: 29/100

Shelton is 4 points higher.

Olympia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Shelton: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Olympia: 6/100 · Shelton: 6/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Olympia: 2/100 · Shelton: 2/100

No gap.

Olympia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Shelton: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Olympia: 0/100 · Shelton: 0/100

No gap.

Olympia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shelton: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Olympia: 3/100 · Shelton: 1/100

Olympia is 2 points higher.

Olympia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shelton: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Olympia: Unavailable · Shelton: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Olympia: 60/100 · Shelton: 55/100

Olympia is 5 points higher.

Olympia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Shelton: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Olympia: 9/100 · Shelton: 9/100

No gap.

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

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