City vs city
Lexington Hills vs Santa Cruz, CA
Lexington Hills currently scores 8 points higher overall than Santa Cruz, 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
Lexington Hills: 28/100 · Santa Cruz: 20/100
Lexington Hills is 8 points higher.
Flood
Lexington Hills: 30/100 · Santa Cruz: 13/100
Lexington Hills is 17 points higher.
Lexington Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Santa Cruz: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lexington Hills: 2/100 · Santa Cruz: 1/100
Lexington Hills is 1 points higher.
Lexington Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lexington Hills: 0/100 · Santa Cruz: 0/100
No gap.
Lexington Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lexington Hills: 0/100 · Santa Cruz: 12/100
Santa Cruz is 12 points higher.
Lexington Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lexington Hills: 8/100 · Santa Cruz: 10/100
Santa Cruz is 2 points higher.
Lexington Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lexington Hills: Unavailable · Santa Cruz: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Lexington Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Santa Cruz: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Lexington Hills: 79/100 · Santa Cruz: 58/100
Lexington Hills is 21 points higher.
Lexington Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lexington Hills: 22/100 · Santa Cruz: 23/100
Santa Cruz is 1 points higher.
Lexington Hills: 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.