City vs city
Big Bear Lake vs Sacramento, CA
Big Bear Lake currently scores 3 points higher overall than Sacramento, with the largest gap in hail.
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
Big Bear Lake: 28/100 · Sacramento: 25/100
Big Bear Lake is 3 points higher.
Flood
Big Bear Lake: 34/100 · Sacramento: 32/100
Big Bear Lake is 2 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Big Bear Lake: 6/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Big Bear Lake is 2 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Big Bear Lake: 4/100 · Sacramento: 0/100
Big Bear Lake is 4 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Big Bear Lake: 0/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Big Bear Lake: 31/100 · Sacramento: 7/100
Big Bear Lake is 24 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Big Bear Lake: Unavailable · Sacramento: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Big Bear Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Big Bear Lake: 72/100 · Sacramento: 76/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Big Bear Lake: 19/100 · Sacramento: 27/100
Sacramento is 8 points higher.
Big Bear Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sacramento: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.