City vs city
Encinitas vs San Marcos, CA
Encinitas currently scores 3 points higher overall than San Marcos, 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
Encinitas: 23/100 · San Marcos: 20/100
Encinitas is 3 points higher.
Flood
Encinitas: 39/100 · San Marcos: 30/100
Encinitas is 9 points higher.
Encinitas: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
San Marcos: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Encinitas: 5/100 · San Marcos: 5/100
No gap.
Encinitas: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Marcos: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Encinitas: 1/100 · San Marcos: 1/100
No gap.
Encinitas: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Marcos: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Encinitas: 23/100 · San Marcos: 8/100
Encinitas is 15 points higher.
Encinitas: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Marcos: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Encinitas: 3/100 · San Marcos: 1/100
Encinitas is 2 points higher.
Encinitas: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Marcos: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Encinitas: Unavailable · San Marcos: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Encinitas: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Marcos: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Encinitas: 64/100 · San Marcos: 73/100
San Marcos is 9 points higher.
Encinitas: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Marcos: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Encinitas: 24/100 · San Marcos: 23/100
Encinitas is 1 points higher.
Encinitas: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
San Marcos: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.