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Tacoma vs Wenatchee, WA

Tacoma currently scores 8 points higher overall than Wenatchee, with the largest gap in flood.

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Tacoma

21/100

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Wenatchee

13/100

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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

Tacoma: 21/100 · Wenatchee: 13/100

Tacoma is 8 points higher.

Flood

Tacoma: 54/100 · Wenatchee: 0/100

Tacoma is 54 points higher.

Tacoma: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Wenatchee: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Tacoma: 7/100 · Wenatchee: 9/100

Wenatchee is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Tacoma: 2/100 · Wenatchee: 2/100

No gap.

Tacoma: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Wenatchee: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Tacoma: 12/100 · Wenatchee: 0/100

Tacoma is 12 points higher.

Tacoma: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wenatchee: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Tacoma: 0/100 · Wenatchee: 1/100

Wenatchee is 1 points higher.

Tacoma: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Wenatchee: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Tacoma: Unavailable · Wenatchee: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Tacoma: 42/100 · Wenatchee: 54/100

Wenatchee is 12 points higher.

Tacoma: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Wenatchee: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Tacoma: 9/100 · Wenatchee: 9/100

No gap.

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

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