City vs city
La Cresta vs Porterville, CA
Porterville currently scores 3 points higher overall than La Cresta, 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
La Cresta: 21/100 · Porterville: 24/100
Porterville is 3 points higher.
Flood
La Cresta: 32/100 · Porterville: 38/100
Porterville is 6 points higher.
La Cresta: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Porterville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
La Cresta: 4/100 · Porterville: 4/100
No gap.
La Cresta: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Porterville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
La Cresta: 2/100 · Porterville: 2/100
No gap.
La Cresta: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Porterville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
La Cresta: 8/100 · Porterville: 0/100
La Cresta is 8 points higher.
La Cresta: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Porterville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
La Cresta: 10/100 · Porterville: 6/100
La Cresta is 4 points higher.
La Cresta: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Porterville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
La Cresta: Unavailable · Porterville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
La Cresta: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Porterville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
La Cresta: 64/100 · Porterville: 72/100
Porterville is 8 points higher.
La Cresta: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Porterville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
La Cresta: 26/100 · Porterville: 19/100
La Cresta is 7 points higher.
La Cresta: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Porterville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.