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Kingwood vs Weirton, WV

Kingwood currently scores 5 points higher overall than Weirton, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Kingwood

38/100

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Weirton

33/100

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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

Kingwood: 38/100 · Weirton: 33/100

Kingwood is 5 points higher.

Flood

Kingwood: 61/100 · Weirton: 63/100

Weirton is 2 points higher.

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

Weirton: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Kingwood: 18/100 · Weirton: 18/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Kingwood: 25/100 · Weirton: 20/100

Kingwood is 5 points higher.

Kingwood: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Weirton: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Kingwood: 0/100 · Weirton: 0/100

No gap.

Kingwood: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Weirton: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Kingwood: 28/100 · Weirton: 30/100

Weirton is 2 points higher.

Kingwood: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Weirton: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Kingwood: Unavailable · Weirton: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Kingwood: 53/100 · Weirton: 28/100

Kingwood is 25 points higher.

Kingwood: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Weirton: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Kingwood: 40/100 · Weirton: 38/100

Kingwood is 2 points higher.

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

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