City vs city
Lake San Marcos vs Sacramento, CA
Sacramento currently scores 5 points higher overall than Lake San Marcos, 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 San Marcos: 20/100 · Sacramento: 25/100
Sacramento is 5 points higher.
Flood
Lake San Marcos: 34/100 · Sacramento: 32/100
Lake San Marcos is 2 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lake San Marcos: 5/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Lake San Marcos is 1 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lake San Marcos: 1/100 · Sacramento: 0/100
Lake San Marcos is 1 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lake San Marcos: 0/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lake San Marcos: 1/100 · Sacramento: 7/100
Sacramento is 6 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lake San Marcos: Unavailable · Sacramento: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Lake San Marcos: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Lake San Marcos: 61/100 · Sacramento: 76/100
Sacramento is 15 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lake San Marcos: 20/100 · Sacramento: 27/100
Sacramento is 7 points higher.
Lake San Marcos: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sacramento: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.