City vs city
Sacramento vs San Jose, CA
San Jose currently scores 5 points higher overall than Sacramento, 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
Sacramento: 25/100 · San Jose: 30/100
San Jose is 5 points higher.
Flood
Sacramento: 32/100 · San Jose: 48/100
San Jose is 16 points higher.
Sacramento: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
San Jose: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 25 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Sacramento: 4/100 · San Jose: 2/100
Sacramento is 2 points higher.
Sacramento: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
San Jose: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Sacramento: 0/100 · San Jose: 0/100
No gap.
Sacramento: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
San Jose: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Sacramento: 4/100 · San Jose: 0/100
Sacramento is 4 points higher.
Sacramento: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Jose: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Sacramento: 7/100 · San Jose: 11/100
San Jose is 4 points higher.
Sacramento: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
San Jose: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Sacramento: Unavailable · San Jose: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Sacramento: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
San Jose: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Sacramento: 76/100 · San Jose: 63/100
Sacramento is 13 points higher.
Sacramento: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
San Jose: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Sacramento: 27/100 · San Jose: 27/100
No gap.
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.
San Jose: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.