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Austin vs El Paso, AR

El Paso currently scores 2 points higher overall than Austin, with the largest gap in hail.

Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.

Austin

41/100

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El Paso

43/100

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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

Austin: 41/100 · El Paso: 43/100

El Paso is 2 points higher.

Flood

Austin: 30/100 · El Paso: 32/100

El Paso is 2 points higher.

Austin: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

El Paso: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Austin: 14/100 · El Paso: 14/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Austin: 80/100 · El Paso: 87/100

El Paso is 7 points higher.

Austin: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

El Paso: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Austin: 23/100 · El Paso: 0/100

Austin is 23 points higher.

Austin: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

El Paso: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Austin: 76/100 · El Paso: 49/100

Austin is 27 points higher.

Austin: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

El Paso: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Austin: Unavailable · El Paso: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Austin: 38/100 · El Paso: 48/100

El Paso is 10 points higher.

Austin: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

El Paso: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Austin: 26/100 · El Paso: 26/100

No gap.

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

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