City vs city
Cool vs Desert Palms, CA
Cool currently scores 11 points higher overall than Desert Palms, 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 Palms: 26/100
Cool is 11 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Desert Palms: 39/100
Desert Palms is 9 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Desert Palms: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 19 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Desert Palms: 6/100
Desert Palms is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Desert Palms: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Desert Palms: 6/100
Desert Palms is 4 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Desert Palms: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Desert Palms: 0/100
No gap.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Palms: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Desert Palms: 3/100
Desert Palms is 2 points higher.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Desert Palms: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Desert Palms: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Desert Palms: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Desert Palms: 74/100
Cool is 13 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Desert Palms: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Desert Palms: 26/100
Cool is 69 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 Palms: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.