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Ghent vs Shady Spring, WV

Ghent currently scores 1 points higher overall than Shady Spring, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Shady Spring

37/100

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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

Ghent: 38/100 · Shady Spring: 37/100

Ghent is 1 points higher.

Flood

Ghent: 53/100 · Shady Spring: 53/100

No gap.

Ghent: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.

Shady Spring: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Ghent: 16/100 · Shady Spring: 16/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Ghent: 23/100 · Shady Spring: 23/100

No gap.

Ghent: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Shady Spring: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Ghent: 0/100 · Shady Spring: 27/100

Shady Spring is 27 points higher.

Ghent: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shady Spring: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Ghent: 31/100 · Shady Spring: 44/100

Shady Spring is 13 points higher.

Ghent: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Shady Spring: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Ghent: Unavailable · Shady Spring: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Ghent: 63/100 · Shady Spring: 54/100

Ghent is 9 points higher.

Ghent: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Shady Spring: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Ghent: 42/100 · Shady Spring: 42/100

No gap.

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

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