City vs city
La Selva Beach vs Santa Cruz, CA
La Selva Beach and Santa Cruz are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in flood.
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 Selva Beach: 20/100 · Santa Cruz: 20/100
No gap.
Flood
La Selva Beach: 23/100 · Santa Cruz: 13/100
La Selva Beach is 10 points higher.
La Selva Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Santa Cruz: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
La Selva Beach: 2/100 · Santa Cruz: 1/100
La Selva Beach is 1 points higher.
La Selva Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
La Selva Beach: 0/100 · Santa Cruz: 0/100
No gap.
La Selva Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
La Selva Beach: 4/100 · Santa Cruz: 12/100
Santa Cruz is 8 points higher.
La Selva Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
La Selva Beach: 4/100 · Santa Cruz: 10/100
Santa Cruz is 6 points higher.
La Selva Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
La Selva Beach: Unavailable · Santa Cruz: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
La Selva Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Santa Cruz: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
La Selva Beach: 65/100 · Santa Cruz: 58/100
La Selva Beach is 7 points higher.
La Selva Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
La Selva Beach: 23/100 · Santa Cruz: 23/100
No gap.
La Selva 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.
Santa Cruz: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.