City vs city
Queen Creek vs San Tan Valley, AZ
Queen Creek currently scores 13 points higher overall than San Tan Valley, 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
Queen Creek: 36/100 · San Tan Valley: 23/100
Queen Creek is 13 points higher.
Flood
Queen Creek: 88/100 · San Tan Valley: 35/100
Queen Creek is 53 points higher.
Queen Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
San Tan Valley: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Queen Creek: 11/100 · San Tan Valley: 11/100
No gap.
Queen Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Tan Valley: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Queen Creek: 22/100 · San Tan Valley: 24/100
San Tan Valley is 2 points higher.
Queen Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Tan Valley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Queen Creek: 12/100 · San Tan Valley: 4/100
Queen Creek is 8 points higher.
Queen Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Tan Valley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Queen Creek: 18/100 · San Tan Valley: 2/100
Queen Creek is 16 points higher.
Queen Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Tan Valley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Queen Creek: Unavailable · San Tan Valley: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Queen Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Tan Valley: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Queen Creek: 77/100 · San Tan Valley: 65/100
Queen Creek is 12 points higher.
Queen Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Tan Valley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Queen Creek: 23/100 · San Tan Valley: 22/100
Queen Creek is 1 points higher.
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.
San Tan Valley: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.