City vs city
Garden Grove vs Seal Beach, CA
Garden Grove currently scores 2 points higher overall than Seal Beach, 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
Garden Grove: 30/100 · Seal Beach: 28/100
Garden Grove is 2 points higher.
Flood
Garden Grove: 62/100 · Seal Beach: 55/100
Garden Grove is 7 points higher.
Garden Grove: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Seal Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 23 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Garden Grove: 5/100 · Seal Beach: 4/100
Garden Grove is 1 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Seal Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Garden Grove: 0/100 · Seal Beach: 0/100
No gap.
Garden Grove: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Seal Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Garden Grove: 12/100 · Seal Beach: 0/100
Garden Grove is 12 points higher.
Garden Grove: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seal Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Garden Grove: 2/100 · Seal Beach: 1/100
Garden Grove is 1 points higher.
Garden Grove: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seal Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Garden Grove: Unavailable · Seal Beach: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Garden Grove: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Seal Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Garden Grove: 67/100 · Seal Beach: 54/100
Garden Grove is 13 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Seal Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Garden Grove: 31/100 · Seal Beach: 28/100
Garden Grove is 3 points higher.
Garden Grove: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Seal Beach: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.