City vs city
Cool vs Desert Center, CA
Cool currently scores 21 points higher overall than Desert Center, with the largest gap in ingested air quality.
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
Cool: 37/100 · Desert Center: 16/100
Cool is 21 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Desert Center: 26/100
Cool is 4 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Desert Center: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Desert Center: 7/100
Desert Center is 3 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Desert Center: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Desert Center: 9/100
Desert Center is 7 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Desert Center: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Desert Center: 8/100
Desert Center is 8 points higher.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Center: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Desert Center: 1/100
No gap.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Center: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Desert Center: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Desert Center: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Desert Center: 35/100
Cool is 52 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Desert Center: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Desert Center: 27/100
Cool is 68 points higher.
Cool: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Desert Center: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.