City vs city
Los Altos Hills vs Sacramento, CA
Los Altos Hills and Sacramento are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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
Los Altos Hills: 25/100 · Sacramento: 25/100
No gap.
Flood
Los Altos Hills: 53/100 · Sacramento: 32/100
Los Altos Hills is 21 points higher.
Los Altos Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Los Altos Hills: 2/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Sacramento is 2 points higher.
Los Altos Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Los Altos Hills: 0/100 · Sacramento: 0/100
No gap.
Los Altos Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Los Altos Hills: 23/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Los Altos Hills is 19 points higher.
Los Altos Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Los Altos Hills: 1/100 · Sacramento: 7/100
Sacramento is 6 points higher.
Los Altos Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Los Altos Hills: Unavailable · Sacramento: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Los Altos Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Los Altos Hills: 47/100 · Sacramento: 76/100
Sacramento is 29 points higher.
Los Altos Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Los Altos Hills: 23/100 · Sacramento: 27/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Los Altos 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.
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.