City vs city
Avocado Heights vs El Monte, CA
Avocado Heights currently scores 3 points higher overall than El Monte, 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
Avocado Heights: 24/100 · El Monte: 21/100
Avocado Heights is 3 points higher.
Flood
Avocado Heights: 36/100 · El Monte: 28/100
Avocado Heights is 8 points higher.
Avocado Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
El Monte: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Avocado Heights: 5/100 · El Monte: 5/100
No gap.
Avocado Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
El Monte: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Avocado Heights: 1/100 · El Monte: 1/100
No gap.
Avocado Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
El Monte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Avocado Heights: 0/100 · El Monte: 8/100
El Monte is 8 points higher.
Avocado Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
El Monte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Avocado Heights: 1/100 · El Monte: 5/100
El Monte is 4 points higher.
Avocado Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
El Monte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Avocado Heights: Unavailable · El Monte: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Avocado Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
El Monte: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Avocado Heights: 75/100 · El Monte: 75/100
No gap.
Avocado Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
El Monte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Avocado Heights: 26/100 · El Monte: 28/100
El Monte is 2 points higher.
Avocado Heights: 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 Monte: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.