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Olympia vs Waitsburg, WA

Olympia currently scores 4 points higher overall than Waitsburg, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Olympia

18/100

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Waitsburg

14/100

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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 · Waitsburg: 14/100

Olympia is 4 points higher.

Flood

Olympia: 25/100 · Waitsburg: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

Waitsburg: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

Wind

Olympia: 6/100 · Waitsburg: 10/100

Waitsburg is 4 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Olympia: 2/100 · Waitsburg: 7/100

Waitsburg is 5 points higher.

Olympia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Waitsburg: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Olympia: 0/100 · Waitsburg: 0/100

No gap.

Olympia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Waitsburg: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Olympia: 3/100 · Waitsburg: 13/100

Waitsburg is 10 points higher.

Olympia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Waitsburg: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Olympia: Unavailable · Waitsburg: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Olympia: 60/100 · Waitsburg: 44/100

Olympia is 16 points higher.

Olympia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Waitsburg: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Olympia: 9/100 · Waitsburg: 12/100

Waitsburg is 3 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.

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