City vs city
Gold Canyon vs Queen Creek, AZ
Queen Creek currently scores 7 points higher overall than Gold Canyon, with the largest gap in flood.
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
Gold Canyon: 29/100 · Queen Creek: 36/100
Queen Creek is 7 points higher.
Flood
Gold Canyon: 40/100 · Queen Creek: 88/100
Queen Creek is 48 points higher.
Gold Canyon: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Queen Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Gold Canyon: 11/100 · Queen Creek: 11/100
No gap.
Gold Canyon: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Queen Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Gold Canyon: 22/100 · Queen Creek: 22/100
No gap.
Gold Canyon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Queen Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Gold Canyon: 0/100 · Queen Creek: 12/100
Queen Creek is 12 points higher.
Gold Canyon: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Queen Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Gold Canyon: 11/100 · Queen Creek: 18/100
Queen Creek is 7 points higher.
Gold Canyon: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Queen Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Gold Canyon: Unavailable · Queen Creek: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Gold Canyon: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Queen Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Gold Canyon: 64/100 · Queen Creek: 77/100
Queen Creek is 13 points higher.
Gold Canyon: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Queen Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Gold Canyon: 26/100 · Queen Creek: 23/100
Gold Canyon is 3 points higher.
Gold Canyon: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Queen Creek: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.