City vs city
Desert Center vs Palm Desert, CA
Palm Desert currently scores 9 points higher overall than Desert Center, 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
Desert Center: 16/100 · Palm Desert: 25/100
Palm Desert is 9 points higher.
Flood
Desert Center: 26/100 · Palm Desert: 42/100
Palm Desert is 16 points higher.
Desert Center: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Palm Desert: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Desert Center: 7/100 · Palm Desert: 6/100
Desert Center is 1 points higher.
Desert Center: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Desert Center: 9/100 · Palm Desert: 5/100
Desert Center is 4 points higher.
Desert Center: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Desert Center: 8/100 · Palm Desert: 0/100
Desert Center is 8 points higher.
Desert Center: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Desert Center: 1/100 · Palm Desert: 1/100
No gap.
Desert Center: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Desert Center: Unavailable · Palm Desert: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Desert Center: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palm Desert: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Desert Center: 35/100 · Palm Desert: 68/100
Palm Desert is 33 points higher.
Desert Center: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palm Desert: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Desert Center: 27/100 · Palm Desert: 26/100
Desert Center is 1 points higher.
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.
Palm Desert: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.