City vs city

Santa Barbara vs Solvang, CA

Solvang currently scores 1 points higher overall than Santa Barbara, with the largest gap in wildfire.

Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.

Santa Barbara

20/100

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Solvang

21/100

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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

Santa Barbara: 20/100 · Solvang: 21/100

Solvang is 1 points higher.

Flood

Santa Barbara: 28/100 · Solvang: 29/100

Solvang is 1 points higher.

Santa Barbara: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.

Solvang: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Santa Barbara: 2/100 · Solvang: 2/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Santa Barbara: 0/100 · Solvang: 0/100

No gap.

Santa Barbara: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Solvang: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Santa Barbara: 0/100 · Solvang: 0/100

No gap.

Santa Barbara: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Solvang: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Santa Barbara: 2/100 · Solvang: 1/100

Santa Barbara is 1 points higher.

Santa Barbara: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Solvang: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Santa Barbara: Unavailable · Solvang: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Santa Barbara: 50/100 · Solvang: 59/100

Solvang is 9 points higher.

Santa Barbara: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Solvang: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Santa Barbara: 20/100 · Solvang: 14/100

Santa Barbara is 6 points higher.

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

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