City vs city
Cool vs Desert Hot Springs, CA
Cool currently scores 10 points higher overall than Desert Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs: 27/100
Cool is 10 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 60/100
Desert Hot Springs is 30 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Desert Hot Springs: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 6/100
Desert Hot Springs is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Desert Hot Springs: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 5/100
Desert Hot Springs is 3 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Desert Hot Springs: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 0/100
No gap.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Hot Springs: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 1/100
No gap.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Hot Springs: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Desert Hot Springs: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Desert Hot Springs: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 65/100
Cool is 22 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Desert Hot Springs: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Desert Hot Springs: 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 Hot 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.