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