City vs city
Cypress vs Seal Beach, CA
Cypress currently scores 2 points higher overall than Seal 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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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
Cypress: 30/100 · Seal Beach: 28/100
Cypress is 2 points higher.
Flood
Cypress: 44/100 · Seal Beach: 55/100
Seal Beach is 11 points higher.
Cypress: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Seal Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 23 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cypress: 4/100 · Seal Beach: 4/100
No gap.
Cypress: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Seal Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cypress: 0/100 · Seal Beach: 0/100
No gap.
Cypress: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Seal Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cypress: 0/100 · Seal Beach: 0/100
No gap.
Cypress: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seal Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cypress: 1/100 · Seal Beach: 1/100
No gap.
Cypress: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seal Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cypress: Unavailable · Seal Beach: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cypress: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Seal Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cypress: 70/100 · Seal Beach: 54/100
Cypress is 16 points higher.
Cypress: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Seal Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Current air quality
Cypress: 30/100 · Seal Beach: 28/100
Cypress is 2 points higher.
Cypress: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.
Seal Beach: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.