City vs city
Plumas Lake vs Yuba City, CA
Plumas Lake currently scores 13 points higher overall than Yuba City, with the largest gap in flood.
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
Plumas Lake: 37/100 · Yuba City: 24/100
Plumas Lake is 13 points higher.
Flood
Plumas Lake: 88/100 · Yuba City: 20/100
Plumas Lake is 68 points higher.
Plumas Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Yuba City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Plumas Lake: 4/100 · Yuba City: 4/100
No gap.
Plumas Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Yuba City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Plumas Lake: 0/100 · Yuba City: 0/100
No gap.
Plumas Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Yuba City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Plumas Lake: 0/100 · Yuba City: 12/100
Yuba City is 12 points higher.
Plumas Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Yuba City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Plumas Lake: 1/100 · Yuba City: 8/100
Yuba City is 7 points higher.
Plumas Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Yuba City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Plumas Lake: Unavailable · Yuba City: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Plumas Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Yuba City: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Plumas Lake: 63/100 · Yuba City: 71/100
Yuba City is 8 points higher.
Plumas Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Yuba City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Plumas Lake: 27/100 · Yuba City: 27/100
No gap.
Plumas Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Yuba City: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.