City vs city
San Marcos vs Solana Beach, CA
Solana Beach currently scores 13 points higher overall than San Marcos, 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
San Marcos: 20/100 · Solana Beach: 33/100
Solana Beach is 13 points higher.
Flood
San Marcos: 30/100 · Solana Beach: 68/100
Solana Beach is 38 points higher.
San Marcos: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Solana Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 16 features intersect this tile.
Wind
San Marcos: 5/100 · Solana Beach: 5/100
No gap.
San Marcos: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Solana Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
San Marcos: 1/100 · Solana Beach: 0/100
San Marcos is 1 points higher.
San Marcos: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Solana Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
San Marcos: 8/100 · Solana Beach: 0/100
San Marcos is 8 points higher.
San Marcos: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Solana Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
San Marcos: 1/100 · Solana Beach: 3/100
Solana Beach is 2 points higher.
San Marcos: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Solana Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
San Marcos: Unavailable · Solana Beach: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
San Marcos: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Solana Beach: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
San Marcos: 73/100 · Solana Beach: 66/100
San Marcos is 7 points higher.
San Marcos: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Solana Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
San Marcos: 23/100 · Solana Beach: 24/100
Solana Beach is 1 points higher.
San Marcos: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Solana Beach: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.