City vs city
Granite Hills vs La Mesa, CA
Granite Hills currently scores 1 points higher overall than La Mesa, 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
Granite Hills: 24/100 · La Mesa: 23/100
Granite Hills is 1 points higher.
Flood
Granite Hills: 33/100 · La Mesa: 32/100
Granite Hills is 1 points higher.
Granite Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
La Mesa: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Granite Hills: 6/100 · La Mesa: 6/100
No gap.
Granite Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
La Mesa: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Granite Hills: 2/100 · La Mesa: 1/100
Granite Hills is 1 points higher.
Granite Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
La Mesa: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Granite Hills: 0/100 · La Mesa: 19/100
La Mesa is 19 points higher.
Granite Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
La Mesa: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Granite Hills: 1/100 · La Mesa: 3/100
La Mesa is 2 points higher.
Granite Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
La Mesa: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Granite Hills: Unavailable · La Mesa: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Granite Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
La Mesa: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Granite Hills: 79/100 · La Mesa: 75/100
Granite Hills is 4 points higher.
Granite Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
La Mesa: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Granite Hills: 25/100 · La Mesa: 25/100
No gap.
Granite Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
La Mesa: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.