City vs city
Palm Desert vs San Francisco, CA
Palm Desert and San Francisco are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in hail.
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 · San Francisco: 25/100
No gap.
Flood
Palm Desert: 42/100 · San Francisco: 26/100
Palm Desert is 16 points higher.
Palm Desert: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
San Francisco: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Palm Desert: 6/100 · San Francisco: 2/100
Palm Desert is 4 points higher.
Palm Desert: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Francisco: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Palm Desert: 5/100 · San Francisco: 0/100
Palm Desert is 5 points higher.
Palm Desert: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Francisco: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Palm Desert: 0/100 · San Francisco: 0/100
No gap.
Palm Desert: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Francisco: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Palm Desert: 1/100 · San Francisco: 18/100
San Francisco is 17 points higher.
Palm Desert: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Francisco: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Palm Desert: Unavailable · San Francisco: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Palm Desert: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Francisco: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Palm Desert: 68/100 · San Francisco: 52/100
Palm Desert is 16 points higher.
Palm Desert: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Francisco: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Palm Desert: 26/100 · San Francisco: 25/100
Palm Desert is 1 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.
San Francisco: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.