City vs city
Palm Desert vs Palo Verde, CA
Palm Desert currently scores 2 points higher overall than Palo Verde, 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
Palm Desert: 25/100 · Palo Verde: 23/100
Palm Desert is 2 points higher.
Flood
Palm Desert: 42/100 · Palo Verde: 33/100
Palm Desert is 9 points higher.
Palm Desert: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Palo Verde: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Palm Desert: 6/100 · Palo Verde: 8/100
Palo Verde is 2 points higher.
Palm Desert: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palo Verde: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Palm Desert: 5/100 · Palo Verde: 11/100
Palo Verde is 6 points higher.
Palm Desert: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palo Verde: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Palm Desert: 0/100 · Palo Verde: 0/100
No gap.
Palm Desert: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palo Verde: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Palm Desert: 1/100 · Palo Verde: 0/100
Palm Desert is 1 points higher.
Palm Desert: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palo Verde: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Palm Desert: Unavailable · Palo Verde: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Palm Desert: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palo Verde: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Palm Desert: 68/100 · Palo Verde: 41/100
Palm Desert is 27 points higher.
Palm Desert: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palo Verde: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Palm Desert: 26/100 · Palo Verde: 24/100
Palm Desert is 2 points higher.
Palm Desert: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Palo Verde: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.