City vs city

Carmel Valley Village vs Watsonville, CA

Carmel Valley Village currently scores 1 points higher overall than Watsonville, with the largest gap in flood.

Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.

Carmel Valley Village

28/100

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Watsonville

27/100

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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 · Watsonville: 27/100

Carmel Valley Village is 1 points higher.

Flood

Carmel Valley Village: 28/100 · Watsonville: 46/100

Watsonville is 18 points higher.

Carmel Valley Village: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.

Watsonville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Carmel Valley Village: 1/100 · Watsonville: 2/100

Watsonville is 1 points higher.

Carmel Valley Village: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Watsonville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Carmel Valley Village: 0/100 · Watsonville: 0/100

No gap.

Carmel Valley Village: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Watsonville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Carmel Valley Village: 0/100 · Watsonville: 15/100

Watsonville is 15 points higher.

Carmel Valley Village: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Watsonville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Carmel Valley Village: 4/100 · Watsonville: 8/100

Watsonville is 4 points higher.

Carmel Valley Village: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Watsonville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Carmel Valley Village: Unavailable · Watsonville: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Carmel Valley Village: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Watsonville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Carmel Valley Village: 81/100 · Watsonville: 69/100

Carmel Valley Village is 12 points higher.

Carmel Valley Village: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Watsonville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Carmel Valley Village: 26/100 · Watsonville: 23/100

Carmel Valley Village is 3 points higher.

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.

Watsonville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.