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Olympia vs Union Gap, WA

Olympia and Union Gap are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in flood.

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Olympia

18/100

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Union Gap

18/100

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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 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 · Union Gap: 18/100

No gap.

Flood

Olympia: 25/100 · Union Gap: 33/100

Union Gap is 8 points higher.

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

Union Gap: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Olympia: 6/100 · Union Gap: 8/100

Union Gap is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Olympia: 2/100 · Union Gap: 1/100

Olympia is 1 points higher.

Olympia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Union Gap: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Olympia: 0/100 · Union Gap: 0/100

No gap.

Olympia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Union Gap: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Olympia: 3/100 · Union Gap: 3/100

No gap.

Olympia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Union Gap: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Olympia: Unavailable · Union Gap: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Olympia: 60/100 · Union Gap: 54/100

Olympia is 6 points higher.

Olympia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Union Gap: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Olympia: 9/100 · Union Gap: 10/100

Union Gap is 1 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.

Union Gap: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.