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Highlands vs San Francisco, CA

Highlands currently scores 1 points higher overall than San Francisco, with the largest gap in flood.

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Highlands

26/100

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San Francisco

25/100

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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

Highlands: 26/100 · San Francisco: 25/100

Highlands is 1 points higher.

Flood

Highlands: 40/100 · San Francisco: 26/100

Highlands is 14 points higher.

Highlands: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.

San Francisco: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Highlands: 2/100 · San Francisco: 2/100

No gap.

Highlands: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

San Francisco: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Highlands: 0/100 · San Francisco: 0/100

No gap.

Highlands: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Francisco: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Highlands: 0/100 · San Francisco: 0/100

No gap.

Highlands: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Francisco: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Highlands: 6/100 · San Francisco: 18/100

San Francisco is 12 points higher.

Highlands: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Francisco: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Highlands: Unavailable · San Francisco: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Highlands: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

San Francisco: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Highlands: 59/100 · San Francisco: 52/100

Highlands is 7 points higher.

Highlands: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Francisco: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Highlands: 23/100 · San Francisco: 25/100

San Francisco is 2 points higher.

Highlands: 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 Francisco: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.