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Lancaster vs San Diego, CA

San Diego currently scores 19 points higher overall than Lancaster, with the largest gap in flood.

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Lancaster

21/100

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San Diego

40/100

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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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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

Lancaster: 21/100 · San Diego: 40/100

San Diego is 19 points higher.

Flood

Lancaster: 37/100 · San Diego: 100/100

San Diego is 63 points higher.

Lancaster: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

San Diego: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Lancaster: 5/100 · San Diego: 5/100

No gap.

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

San Diego: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Lancaster: 2/100 · San Diego: 0/100

Lancaster is 2 points higher.

Lancaster: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Diego: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Lancaster: 4/100 · San Diego: 0/100

Lancaster is 4 points higher.

Lancaster: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Diego: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Lancaster: 4/100 · San Diego: 1/100

Lancaster is 3 points higher.

Lancaster: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Diego: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Lancaster: Unavailable · San Diego: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

San Diego: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Lancaster: 73/100 · San Diego: 69/100

Lancaster is 4 points higher.

Lancaster: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Diego: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Lancaster: 22/100 · San Diego: 24/100

San Diego is 2 points higher.

Lancaster: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

San Diego: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.