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Riverside vs St. Helena, CA

Riverside currently scores 9 points higher overall than St. Helena, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Riverside

32/100

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St. Helena

23/100

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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

Riverside: 32/100 · St. Helena: 23/100

Riverside is 9 points higher.

Flood

Riverside: 43/100 · St. Helena: 31/100

Riverside is 12 points higher.

Riverside: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 23 features intersect this tile.

St. Helena: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Riverside: 5/100 · St. Helena: 2/100

Riverside is 3 points higher.

Riverside: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

St. Helena: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Riverside: 2/100 · St. Helena: 0/100

Riverside is 2 points higher.

Riverside: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

St. Helena: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Riverside: 0/100 · St. Helena: 0/100

No gap.

Riverside: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

St. Helena: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Riverside: 0/100 · St. Helena: 1/100

St. Helena is 1 points higher.

Riverside: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

St. Helena: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Riverside: Unavailable · St. Helena: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Riverside: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

St. Helena: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Riverside: 76/100 · St. Helena: 56/100

Riverside is 20 points higher.

Riverside: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

St. Helena: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Riverside: 32/100 · St. Helena: 26/100

Riverside is 6 points higher.

Riverside: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

St. Helena: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.