City vs city
Laguna Beach vs Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach currently scores 5 points higher overall than Laguna Beach, with the largest gap 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
Laguna Beach: 18/100 · Newport Beach: 23/100
Newport Beach is 5 points higher.
Flood
Laguna Beach: 25/100 · Newport Beach: 45/100
Newport Beach is 20 points higher.
Laguna Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Newport Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Laguna Beach: 5/100 · Newport Beach: 5/100
No gap.
Laguna Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Newport Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Laguna Beach: 1/100 · Newport Beach: 1/100
No gap.
Laguna Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Newport Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Laguna Beach: 8/100 · Newport Beach: 27/100
Newport Beach is 19 points higher.
Laguna Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Newport Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Laguna Beach: 3/100 · Newport Beach: 2/100
Laguna Beach is 1 points higher.
Laguna Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Newport Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Laguna Beach: Unavailable · Newport Beach: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Laguna Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Newport Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Laguna Beach: 65/100 · Newport Beach: 57/100
Laguna Beach is 8 points higher.
Laguna Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Newport Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Laguna Beach: 22/100 · Newport Beach: 24/100
Newport Beach is 2 points higher.
Laguna 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.
Newport 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.