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La Quinta vs Los Angeles, CA

La Quinta currently scores 4 points higher overall than Los Angeles, with the largest gap in ingested air quality.

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La Quinta

23/100

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Los Angeles

19/100

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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

La Quinta: 23/100 · Los Angeles: 19/100

La Quinta is 4 points higher.

Flood

La Quinta: 27/100 · Los Angeles: 30/100

Los Angeles is 3 points higher.

La Quinta: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Los Angeles: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

La Quinta: 6/100 · Los Angeles: 4/100

La Quinta is 2 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

La Quinta: 5/100 · Los Angeles: 1/100

La Quinta is 4 points higher.

La Quinta: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Los Angeles: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

La Quinta: 0/100 · Los Angeles: 4/100

Los Angeles is 4 points higher.

La Quinta: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Los Angeles: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

La Quinta: 1/100 · Los Angeles: 1/100

No gap.

La Quinta: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Los Angeles: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

La Quinta: Unavailable · Los Angeles: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

La Quinta: 74/100 · Los Angeles: 76/100

Los Angeles is 2 points higher.

La Quinta: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Los Angeles: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

La Quinta: 26/100 · Los Angeles: 20/100

La Quinta is 6 points higher.

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

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