City vs city
El Cajon vs Poway, CA
El Cajon currently scores 4 points higher overall than Poway, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
El Cajon: 24/100 · Poway: 20/100
El Cajon is 4 points higher.
Flood
El Cajon: 33/100 · Poway: 27/100
El Cajon is 6 points higher.
El Cajon: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Poway: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
El Cajon: 6/100 · Poway: 6/100
No gap.
El Cajon: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Poway: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
El Cajon: 2/100 · Poway: 1/100
El Cajon is 1 points higher.
El Cajon: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Poway: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
El Cajon: 0/100 · Poway: 8/100
Poway is 8 points higher.
El Cajon: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Poway: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
El Cajon: 1/100 · Poway: 1/100
No gap.
El Cajon: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Poway: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
El Cajon: Unavailable · Poway: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
El Cajon: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Poway: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
El Cajon: 79/100 · Poway: 76/100
El Cajon is 3 points higher.
El Cajon: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Poway: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
El Cajon: 25/100 · Poway: 24/100
El Cajon is 1 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.
Poway: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.