City vs city
Cool vs Imperial Beach, CA
Cool currently scores 16 points higher overall than Imperial Beach, 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
Cool: 37/100 · Imperial Beach: 21/100
Cool is 16 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Imperial Beach: 77/100
Imperial Beach is 47 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Imperial Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Imperial Beach: 6/100
Imperial Beach is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Imperial Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Imperial Beach: 1/100
Cool is 1 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Imperial Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Imperial Beach: 0/100
No gap.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Imperial Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Imperial Beach: 1/100
No gap.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Imperial Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Imperial Beach: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Imperial Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Imperial Beach: 15/100
Cool is 72 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Imperial Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Imperial Beach: 28/100
Cool is 67 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.
Imperial Beach: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.