City vs city
Half Moon Bay vs Sacramento, CA
Sacramento currently scores 9 points higher overall than Half Moon Bay, 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
Half Moon Bay: 16/100 · Sacramento: 25/100
Sacramento is 9 points higher.
Flood
Half Moon Bay: 47/100 · Sacramento: 32/100
Half Moon Bay is 15 points higher.
Half Moon Bay: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Half Moon Bay: 1/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Sacramento is 3 points higher.
Half Moon Bay: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Half Moon Bay: 0/100 · Sacramento: 0/100
No gap.
Half Moon Bay: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Half Moon Bay: 4/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
No gap.
Half Moon Bay: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Half Moon Bay: 8/100 · Sacramento: 7/100
Half Moon Bay is 1 points higher.
Half Moon Bay: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Half Moon Bay: Unavailable · Sacramento: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Half Moon Bay: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Half Moon Bay: 13/100 · Sacramento: 76/100
Sacramento is 63 points higher.
Half Moon Bay: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Half Moon Bay: 23/100 · Sacramento: 27/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Half Moon Bay: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sacramento: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.