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El Cajon vs Ocotillo, CA

El Cajon currently scores 2 points higher overall than Ocotillo, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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El Cajon

24/100

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Ocotillo

22/100

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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

El Cajon: 24/100 · Ocotillo: 22/100

El Cajon is 2 points higher.

Flood

El Cajon: 33/100 · Ocotillo: 34/100

Ocotillo is 1 points higher.

El Cajon: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

Ocotillo: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

El Cajon: 6/100 · Ocotillo: 7/100

Ocotillo is 1 points higher.

El Cajon: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Ocotillo: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

El Cajon: 2/100 · Ocotillo: 7/100

Ocotillo is 5 points higher.

El Cajon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Ocotillo: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

El Cajon: 0/100 · Ocotillo: 0/100

No gap.

El Cajon: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Ocotillo: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

El Cajon: 1/100 · Ocotillo: 1/100

No gap.

El Cajon: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Ocotillo: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

El Cajon: Unavailable · Ocotillo: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

El Cajon: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Ocotillo: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

El Cajon: 79/100 · Ocotillo: 52/100

El Cajon is 27 points higher.

El Cajon: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ocotillo: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

El Cajon: 25/100 · Ocotillo: 28/100

Ocotillo is 3 points higher.

El Cajon: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

Ocotillo: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.