City vs city
Bear Valley Springs vs Palmdale, CA
Bear Valley Springs currently scores 5 points higher overall than Palmdale, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
Bear Valley Springs: 25/100 · Palmdale: 20/100
Bear Valley Springs is 5 points higher.
Flood
Bear Valley Springs: 28/100 · Palmdale: 34/100
Palmdale is 6 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Palmdale: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Bear Valley Springs: 4/100 · Palmdale: 5/100
Palmdale is 1 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palmdale: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Bear Valley Springs: 2/100 · Palmdale: 2/100
No gap.
Bear Valley Springs: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palmdale: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Bear Valley Springs: 0/100 · Palmdale: 4/100
Palmdale is 4 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palmdale: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Bear Valley Springs: 7/100 · Palmdale: 9/100
Palmdale is 2 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palmdale: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Bear Valley Springs: Unavailable · Palmdale: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Bear Valley Springs: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palmdale: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Bear Valley Springs: 89/100 · Palmdale: 65/100
Bear Valley Springs is 24 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palmdale: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Bear Valley Springs: 19/100 · Palmdale: 22/100
Palmdale is 3 points higher.
Bear Valley Springs: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Palmdale: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.