City vs city
Carmel Valley Village vs Seaside, CA
Carmel Valley Village currently scores 12 points higher overall than Seaside, 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
Carmel Valley Village: 28/100 · Seaside: 16/100
Carmel Valley Village is 12 points higher.
Flood
Carmel Valley Village: 28/100 · Seaside: 41/100
Seaside is 13 points higher.
Carmel Valley Village: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Seaside: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Carmel Valley Village: 1/100 · Seaside: 2/100
Seaside is 1 points higher.
Carmel Valley Village: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Seaside: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Carmel Valley Village: 0/100 · Seaside: 0/100
No gap.
Carmel Valley Village: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Seaside: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Carmel Valley Village: 0/100 · Seaside: 8/100
Seaside is 8 points higher.
Carmel Valley Village: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seaside: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Carmel Valley Village: 4/100 · Seaside: 10/100
Seaside is 6 points higher.
Carmel Valley Village: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seaside: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Carmel Valley Village: Unavailable · Seaside: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Carmel Valley Village: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Seaside: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Carmel Valley Village: 81/100 · Seaside: 9/100
Carmel Valley Village is 72 points higher.
Carmel Valley Village: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Seaside: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Carmel Valley Village: 26/100 · Seaside: 26/100
No gap.
Carmel Valley Village: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Seaside: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.