City vs city
Imperial Beach vs National City, CA
National City currently scores 8 points higher overall than Imperial 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
Imperial Beach: 21/100 · National City: 29/100
National City is 8 points higher.
Flood
Imperial Beach: 77/100 · National City: 76/100
Imperial Beach is 1 points higher.
Imperial Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
National City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 20 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Imperial Beach: 6/100 · National City: 6/100
No gap.
Imperial Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
National City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Imperial Beach: 1/100 · National City: 1/100
No gap.
Imperial Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
National City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Imperial Beach: 0/100 · National City: 0/100
No gap.
Imperial Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
National City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Imperial Beach: 1/100 · National City: 3/100
National City is 2 points higher.
Imperial Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
National City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Imperial Beach: Unavailable · National City: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Imperial Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
National City: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Imperial Beach: 15/100 · National City: 64/100
National City is 49 points higher.
Imperial Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
National City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Imperial Beach: 28/100 · National City: 24/100
Imperial Beach is 4 points higher.
Imperial 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.
National City: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.