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Orchards vs Seattle, WA

Orchards currently scores 1 points higher overall than Seattle, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Orchards

15/100

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Seattle

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 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

Orchards: 15/100 · Seattle: 14/100

Orchards is 1 points higher.

Flood

Orchards: 26/100 · Seattle: 30/100

Seattle is 4 points higher.

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

Seattle: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Orchards: 6/100 · Seattle: 7/100

Seattle is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Orchards: 1/100 · Seattle: 1/100

No gap.

Orchards: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Seattle: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Orchards: 4/100 · Seattle: 0/100

Orchards is 4 points higher.

Orchards: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Seattle: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Orchards: 1/100 · Seattle: 0/100

Orchards is 1 points higher.

Orchards: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Seattle: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Orchards: Unavailable · Seattle: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Orchards: 54/100 · Seattle: 26/100

Orchards is 28 points higher.

Orchards: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Seattle: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Orchards: 10/100 · Seattle: 8/100

Orchards is 2 points higher.

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

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