City vs city
El Centro Naval Air Facility vs Palm Desert, CA
Palm Desert currently scores 8 points higher overall than El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 17/100 · Palm Desert: 25/100
Palm Desert is 8 points higher.
Flood
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 26/100 · Palm Desert: 42/100
Palm Desert is 16 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Palm Desert: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 7/100 · Palm Desert: 6/100
El Centro Naval Air Facility is 1 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 8/100 · Palm Desert: 5/100
El Centro Naval Air Facility is 3 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 0/100 · Palm Desert: 0/100
No gap.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 3/100 · Palm Desert: 1/100
El Centro Naval Air Facility is 2 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Unavailable · Palm Desert: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palm Desert: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 32/100 · Palm Desert: 68/100
Palm Desert is 36 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palm Desert: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 28/100 · Palm Desert: 26/100
El Centro Naval Air Facility is 2 points higher.
El Centro Naval Air Facility: 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.