City vs city
Poway vs Winter Gardens, CA
Winter Gardens currently scores 4 points higher overall than Poway, 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
Poway: 20/100 · Winter Gardens: 24/100
Winter Gardens is 4 points higher.
Flood
Poway: 27/100 · Winter Gardens: 33/100
Winter Gardens is 6 points higher.
Poway: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Winter Gardens: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Poway: 6/100 · Winter Gardens: 6/100
No gap.
Poway: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Winter Gardens: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Poway: 1/100 · Winter Gardens: 2/100
Winter Gardens is 1 points higher.
Poway: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Winter Gardens: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Poway: 8/100 · Winter Gardens: 0/100
Poway is 8 points higher.
Poway: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winter Gardens: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Poway: 1/100 · Winter Gardens: 1/100
No gap.
Poway: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winter Gardens: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Poway: Unavailable · Winter Gardens: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Poway: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Winter Gardens: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Poway: 76/100 · Winter Gardens: 79/100
Winter Gardens is 3 points higher.
Poway: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Winter Gardens: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Poway: 24/100 · Winter Gardens: 25/100
Winter Gardens is 1 points higher.
Poway: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Winter Gardens: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.