City vs city
Newport Beach vs Sacramento, CA
Sacramento currently scores 2 points higher overall than Newport Beach, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Newport Beach: 23/100 · Sacramento: 25/100
Sacramento is 2 points higher.
Flood
Newport Beach: 45/100 · Sacramento: 32/100
Newport Beach is 13 points higher.
Newport Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Newport Beach: 5/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Newport Beach is 1 points higher.
Newport Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Newport Beach: 1/100 · Sacramento: 0/100
Newport Beach is 1 points higher.
Newport Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Newport Beach: 27/100 · Sacramento: 4/100
Newport Beach is 23 points higher.
Newport Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Newport Beach: 2/100 · Sacramento: 7/100
Sacramento is 5 points higher.
Newport Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Newport Beach: Unavailable · Sacramento: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Newport Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Newport Beach: 57/100 · Sacramento: 76/100
Sacramento is 19 points higher.
Newport Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Newport Beach: 24/100 · Sacramento: 27/100
Sacramento is 3 points higher.
Newport Beach: 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.