City vs city
Bruceton Mills vs Cheat Lake, WV
Cheat Lake currently scores 1 points higher overall than Bruceton Mills, with the largest gap in hail.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
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
Bruceton Mills: 30/100 · Cheat Lake: 31/100
Cheat Lake is 1 points higher.
Flood
Bruceton Mills: 61/100 · Cheat Lake: 57/100
Bruceton Mills is 4 points higher.
Bruceton Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Cheat Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Bruceton Mills: 18/100 · Cheat Lake: 18/100
No gap.
Bruceton Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Cheat Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Bruceton Mills: 25/100 · Cheat Lake: 25/100
No gap.
Bruceton Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Cheat Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Bruceton Mills: 4/100 · Cheat Lake: 4/100
No gap.
Bruceton Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cheat Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Bruceton Mills: 19/100 · Cheat Lake: 29/100
Cheat Lake is 10 points higher.
Bruceton Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cheat Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Bruceton Mills: Unavailable · Cheat Lake: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Bruceton Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Cheat Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Bruceton Mills: 46/100 · Cheat Lake: 41/100
Bruceton Mills is 5 points higher.
Bruceton Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Cheat Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Bruceton Mills: 40/100 · Cheat Lake: 40/100
No gap.
Bruceton Mills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Cheat Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.