City vs city
Garden Grove vs San Jose, CA
Garden Grove currently scores 8 points higher overall than San Jose, with the largest gap in flood.
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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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
Garden Grove: 30/100 · San Jose: 22/100
Garden Grove is 8 points higher.
Flood
Garden Grove: 62/100 · San Jose: 37/100
Garden Grove is 25 points higher.
Garden Grove: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
San Jose: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Garden Grove: 5/100 · San Jose: 2/100
Garden Grove is 3 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Jose: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Garden Grove: 0/100 · San Jose: 0/100
No gap.
Garden Grove: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Jose: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Garden Grove: 12/100 · San Jose: 8/100
Garden Grove is 4 points higher.
Garden Grove: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Jose: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Garden Grove: 2/100 · San Jose: 2/100
No gap.
Garden Grove: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Jose: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Garden Grove: Unavailable · San Jose: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Garden Grove: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Jose: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Garden Grove: 67/100 · San Jose: 59/100
Garden Grove is 8 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Jose: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Current air quality
Garden Grove: 31/100 · San Jose: 24/100
Garden Grove is 7 points higher.
Garden Grove: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.
San Jose: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.