City vs city
Lake Nacimiento vs San Luis Obispo, CA
Lake Nacimiento currently scores 11 points higher overall than San Luis Obispo, 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
Lake Nacimiento: 30/100 · San Luis Obispo: 19/100
Lake Nacimiento is 11 points higher.
Flood
Lake Nacimiento: 26/100 · San Luis Obispo: 32/100
San Luis Obispo is 6 points higher.
Lake Nacimiento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
San Luis Obispo: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lake Nacimiento: 2/100 · San Luis Obispo: 2/100
No gap.
Lake Nacimiento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Luis Obispo: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lake Nacimiento: 0/100 · San Luis Obispo: 0/100
No gap.
Lake Nacimiento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Luis Obispo: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lake Nacimiento: 0/100 · San Luis Obispo: 4/100
San Luis Obispo is 4 points higher.
Lake Nacimiento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Luis Obispo: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lake Nacimiento: 0/100 · San Luis Obispo: 1/100
San Luis Obispo is 1 points higher.
Lake Nacimiento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Luis Obispo: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lake Nacimiento: Unavailable · San Luis Obispo: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Lake Nacimiento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Luis Obispo: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Lake Nacimiento: 73/100 · San Luis Obispo: 58/100
Lake Nacimiento is 15 points higher.
Lake Nacimiento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Luis Obispo: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lake Nacimiento: 18/100 · San Luis Obispo: 14/100
Lake Nacimiento is 4 points higher.
Lake Nacimiento: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
San Luis Obispo: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.