The overall score of 60 indicates a High screening result, but one severe signal deserves extra attention. Severe weather is the standout concern, while environmental site adds enough supporting risk to keep the location from reading as a routine average.
Use this as a screening and prioritization report. Higher scores identify locations that deserve closer review; they do not prove site-specific damage, contamination, engineering failure, or legal liability.
All currently enabled location-risk modules returned usable results.The overall score of 60 indicates a High screening result, but one severe signal deserves extra attention. Severe weather is the standout concern, while environmental site adds enough supporting risk to keep the location from reading as a routine average.
The strongest signals to review before making a location decision.
Severe storm history can affect roof, envelope, vehicle, crop, utility, and business-interruption exposure.
Environmental site signals can affect transaction diligence, lender review, redevelopment planning, agency-file review, and liability questions.
Earthquake exposure can affect structural retrofit needs, liquefaction questions, insurance decisions, and emergency planning.
Each module contributes to the overall score based on configured weights and data confidence.
Hydrology Risk Index: 37 (Low). Primary driver: NOAA 100-year 24-hour rainfall is 17.0 in, indicating elevated storm-load stress. Key amplifier: Limited freeboard margin (+2.6 ft above BFE). Key dampener: Steeper terrain (90.0°) supports runoff over ponding. Confidence note: gSSURGO map unit was found, but one key soil hydrology attribute is unavailable.
Severe Weather Risk: 90 (Very High). Primary driver is Tornado; nearby history includes 660 hail reports, 802 damaging-wind reports, and 681 tornado paths within the scoring radii.
Wildfire Risk: 20 (Low). Primary driver is Historical burn perimeter proximity; FEMA NRI rating is No Rating, and nearest MTBS perimeter is 16.6 miles away.
Earthquake Risk: 39 (Low). Primary driver is FEMA NRI earthquake context; FEMA NRI rating is Relatively Low, and no mapped Quaternary fault found in the nearest-fault context.
Landslide Risk: 33 (Low). Primary driver is FEMA NRI landslide context; FEMA NRI rating is Relatively Low, susceptibility is Very Low, and no mapped landslide inventory feature found in the nearest context.
Environmental Site Risk: 66 (High). Primary driver is nearby cleanup sites; nearest regulated facility is 0.10 mi, nearest cleanup site is 0.13 mi, and TRI history shows 112 reporting facilities within 5 miles.
Fast scan of the diligence checks suggested by the strongest location signals.
Environmental scored 66/100; nearest cleanup site is 0.13 mi and TRI history has 1421 facility-years within 5 miles.
Severe Weather scored 90/100 with Tornado as the primary driver.
Hydrology Risk Index: 37 (Low). Primary driver: NOAA 100-year 24-hour rainfall is 17.0 in, indicating elevated storm-load stress. Key amplifier: Limited freeboard margin (+2.6 ft above BFE). Key dampener: Steeper terrain (90.0°) supports runoff over ponding. Confidence note: gSSURGO map unit was found, but one key soil hydrology attribute is unavailable.
Confidence: FEMA confidence: High. Inside a FEMA flood polygon at this coordinate. BFE is not expected for this FEMA zone. Water confidence: High. Nearest NHD feature found and distance computed. Terrain confidence: High. Rainfall confidence: High. Soil confidence: Medium. gSSURGO map unit was found, but one key soil hydrology attribute is unavailable. NRI confidence: High.
Inside FEMA zone X (outside SFHA). Review local flood conditions, insurance needs, and elevation context carefully. Freeboard: +2.6 ft vs BFE.
Elevation 12 m. Terrain is steep with rolling (confidence: high). Ponding susceptibility is low.
Nearest mapped surface water is a Lake/Pond — Perennial: Unnamed Lake/Pond — Perennial at 0.03 miles. This indicates shoreline/storage-water context rather than direct channel conveyance. This module is a mapped hydrography exposure signal and does not imply FEMA flood zone classification. Site is +3.5 m relative to the nearest water point.
Design Rainfall Stress Index: 99 (Very High). 100-year 24-hour rainfall is 16.99 inches. 100-year 1-hour rainfall is 4.84 inches. Primary stress driver: 24-hour rainfall accumulation.
Soil Runoff & Drainage Index: 55 (Moderate). Hydrologic group D; drainage class unknown drainage. Hydrologic group D with unknown drainage drainage indicates high runoff potential and limited infiltration under storm loading. Ponding is not specifically indicated by the available gSSURGO attributes.
FEMA NRI Community Context: 82 (High) for 980700. Flood context is Riverine: Very High; Coastal: Relatively Moderate; overall community risk is Relatively High. Use this as community-scale context, not a parcel flood-zone determination.
Severe Weather Risk: 90 (Very High). Primary driver is Tornado; nearby history includes 660 hail reports, 802 damaging-wind reports, and 681 tornado paths within the scoring radii.
Wildfire Risk: 20 (Low). Primary driver is Historical burn perimeter proximity; FEMA NRI rating is No Rating, and nearest MTBS perimeter is 16.6 miles away.
Earthquake Risk: 39 (Low). Primary driver is FEMA NRI earthquake context; FEMA NRI rating is Relatively Low, and no mapped Quaternary fault found in the nearest-fault context.
Environmental Site Risk: 66 (High). Primary driver is nearby cleanup sites; nearest regulated facility is 0.10 mi, nearest cleanup site is 0.13 mi, and TRI history shows 112 reporting facilities within 5 miles.
Mapped and contextual evidence carried forward by each enabled module.
660 hail, 802 wind, 681 tornado paths within scoring radii.
112 cleanup sites, 2147 quality-filtered ECHO facilities, and 1421 TRI facility-years within 5 mi.
0 mapped faults within 10 mi, 0 within 50 mi.
Hydrology Risk Index: 37 (Low). Primary driver: NOAA 100-year 24-hour rainfall is 17.0 in, indicating elevated storm-load stress. Key amplifier: Limited freeboard margin (+2.6 ft above BFE). Key dampener: Steeper terrain (90.0°) supports runoff over ponding. Confidence note: gSSURGO map unit was found, but one key soil hydrology attribute is unavailable.
0 inventory features within 5 mi; susceptibility Very Low.
0 MTBS fires within 10 mi, 46 within 50 mi.
Same evidence, different decision lens. Use the row that best matches the person reading the report.
Use before offer terms, diligence scope, or go/no-go decisions.
Use before design assumptions, site operations, or mitigation budgeting.
Use before underwriting, risk transfer, exclusions, or documentation requests.
Use to decide which specialist or source record should be checked first.
Practical next steps grouped from the report evidence, ordered by priority.
Review nearby cleanup-site records, regulatory databases, historical land use, vapor-intrusion indicators, and agency files with an environmental professional.
Reference: EPA CIMC cleanup sites, ECHO, RCRAInfo, and TRIConsider impact-rated roofing materials, roof age, recent inspection records, and insurance hail/wind deductibles.
Reference: SPC hail report historyCheck roof attachment, mature trees near structures, garage doors, exterior openings, and local building-code wind requirements.
Reference: SPC damaging-wind report historyConfirm the property has a practical interior shelter area, emergency alert coverage, and any available safe-room or basement information.
Reference: SPC tornado path historyCommunity-scale loss and exposure can affect utilities, roads, emergency response, tenants, operations, and recovery timelines even when the parcel structure performs well.
Reference: FEMA NRI earthquake expected annual loss and exposureIdentify facility type, active status, violations, enforcement actions, toxic releases, and whether nearby operations could affect acquisition, lending, or redevelopment plans.
Reference: EPA ECHO, RCRAInfo, and TRIUse TRI history to distinguish one-time reporting from recurring nearby release activity, especially for carcinogen, PBT, or PFAS reporting.
Reference: TRI Basic historical facility-year aggregatesFreeboard margin is limited. Confirm the elevation basis if this is a sensitive site and consider modest resilience improvements where practical.
Reference: Freeboard best practiceNOAA design rainfall is elevated at this coordinate. Use the rainfall depths with site grading, soil, and drainage capacity checks before relying on map-only flood conclusions.
Reference: NOAA Atlas 14FEMA NRI indicates elevated tract/county-scale flood or recovery concern. Use it to prioritize reviews across many locations, but do not let it override parcel-level FEMA, terrain, water, rainfall, or soil evidence.
Reference: FEMA National Risk IndexFor coastal or near-coastal locations, check wind mitigation features, shutters/opening protection, evacuation zone context, and insurance exclusions.
Reference: NHC HURDAT2 track historyHistorical burn density nearby can affect smoke, evacuation, utility disruption, and regional response capacity even when the parcel itself has not burned.
Reference: MTBS historical burn densityThe current signal is limited, but routine drainage maintenance, erosion monitoring, and review of local slope conditions remain prudent.
Reference: FEMA NRI and USGS landslide contextStatic report guidance lives here so the main report stays focused on the decision.
Start with the decision signal, then use the evidence layers to understand what is driving the result.
The Overall Location Risk score combines enabled modules into a 0-100 screening result.
Confidence explains whether the result is based on direct local data, fallback evidence, or broader context.
Module rows show weighted contribution and the evidence behind the score, not only raw dataset values.
Recommendations translate the evidence into practical next actions for due diligence, design, or operations.
FEMA flood zone, SFHA, BFE/freeboard
Nearby NHD water and DEM terrain drainage
NOAA rainfall and gSSURGO soil behavior
FEMA NRI vulnerability, exposure, and resilience
SPC events and tropical cyclone track history
FEMA NRI wildfire context and MTBS burn perimeter proximity
FEMA NRI earthquake context and USGS fault proximity
FEMA NRI landslide context, inventory history, and susceptibility
EPA regulated facilities, releases, compliance, and cleanup context
Direct local dataset match and key attributes were available.
Usable result with fallback, partial attributes, broader context, or one unavailable module.
Missing coverage, nearest-only interpretation, or insufficient source attributes.
Scores are screening signals assembled from source evidence, confidence, and configured module weights.
Direct coverage and key attributes were found for the coordinate.
The result is usable but depends on fallback, partial attributes, or supporting context.
Coverage is missing, indirect, incomplete, or unsuitable for strong conclusions.
Nearest FEMA polygons, missing BFE, unavailable DEM/rainfall cells, county-level NRI fallback, or unavailable modules can reduce confidence.
Hydrology remains water/flood-specific. Other modules are scored separately, then combined only in the Overall Location Risk score.
Definitions for the main datasets, terms, and screening concepts used in the report.
FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, generally the 1-percent annual chance floodplain.
Base Flood Elevation, the flood elevation FEMA uses for mapped floodplain context where available.
Ground elevation compared with BFE. More positive freeboard generally means more elevation margin.
National Hydrography Dataset, used for mapped streams, rivers, canals, and waterbodies.
Digital Elevation Model, used for slope, elevation, and local relief context.
Design rainfall estimates used to understand storm-load stress.
NRCS soil survey database used for hydrologic group, drainage, ponding, and runoff context.
Soil runoff/infiltration class. Group A generally infiltrates better; group D generally has higher runoff potential.
FEMA National Risk Index, used here as tract/county-scale community context.
Expected Annual Loss, a FEMA NRI community-scale annualized loss estimate.
Community sensitivity to disaster impacts and recovery difficulty.
Community capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazard events.
NOAA Storm Prediction Center, used here for historical hail, damaging wind, and tornado reports/paths.
Source-reported hail size, generally expressed in inches.
Source-reported wind value from historical reports. Treat as event evidence, not a design wind-speed value.
National Hurricane Center best-track archive for Atlantic and Northeast/Central Pacific tropical cyclones.
International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship, used as a supplemental tropical cyclone track source.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, used here for historical mapped burn perimeter context.
Mapped boundary of a historical fire event; it is exposure evidence, not a current fire footprint.
Managed area around a structure intended to reduce wildfire ignition and spread potential.
A mapped fault with geologic evidence of movement during the Quaternary period, used as seismic-hazard context.
USGS fault classification attribute. Class A generally indicates stronger evidence for Quaternary tectonic deformation.
General movement style of a fault, such as strike-slip, normal, or reverse.
Soil behavior where saturated loose sediments can lose strength during shaking; not directly modeled by this module.
Mapped historical landslide points and polygons used for nearby event and mapped-area context.
Modeled relative tendency for landslide occurrence; not a parcel stability or slope-engineering determination.
Sampled local representation of USGS raster values used for fast lookup and regional screening context.
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online, used for regulated facility and compliance context.
EPA Toxics Release Inventory, used for latest-year and historical release reporting context.
EPA Cleanups in My Community, used for Superfund, Brownfields, RCRA corrective action, and cleanup-site context.
What each source contributes, and where professional verification may still be required.
This report is not a boundary survey, engineering design, insurance determination, legal floodplain determination, weather or wildfire forecast, active-fire monitor, seismic engineering report, landslide hazard certification, Phase I environmental site assessment, contamination boundary map, geotechnical investigation, or substitute for local review.
Regulatory flood zone, SFHA, BFE where available.
Nearest mapped hydrographic features.
Elevation, slope, local relief.
Design rainfall intensity/depth.
Soil runoff, drainage, ponding, infiltration.
Community risk, vulnerability, resilience.
Hail, damaging-wind, and tornado report/path history.
Tropical cyclone track and wind history.
Community wildfire risk, expected annual loss, frequency, and exposure context.
Historical burn perimeter proximity and density.
Community earthquake risk, expected annual loss, frequency, and exposure context.
Mapped fault proximity, density, age, class, slip sense, and certainty context.
Community landslide risk, expected annual loss, frequency, and exposure context.
Historical mapped landslide points and polygons.
Sampled modeled susceptibility grid.
ECHO, FRS, RCRAInfo, TRI, and CIMC facility/cleanup records.