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El Cajon vs Pine Valley, CA

Pine Valley currently scores 4 points higher overall than El Cajon, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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El Cajon

24/100

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Pine Valley

28/100

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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 · Pine Valley: 28/100

Pine Valley is 4 points higher.

Flood

El Cajon: 33/100 · Pine Valley: 28/100

El Cajon is 5 points higher.

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

Pine Valley: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.

Wind

El Cajon: 6/100 · Pine Valley: 6/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

El Cajon: 2/100 · Pine Valley: 4/100

Pine Valley is 2 points higher.

El Cajon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Pine Valley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

El Cajon: 0/100 · Pine Valley: 0/100

No gap.

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

Pine Valley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

El Cajon: 1/100 · Pine Valley: 6/100

Pine Valley is 5 points higher.

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

Pine Valley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

El Cajon: Unavailable · Pine Valley: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

El Cajon: 79/100 · Pine Valley: 99/100

Pine Valley is 20 points higher.

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

Pine Valley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

El Cajon: 25/100 · Pine Valley: 23/100

El Cajon is 2 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.

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