City vs city
Santa Barbara vs Vandenberg Village, CA
Vandenberg Village currently scores 2 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.
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 · Vandenberg Village: 22/100
Vandenberg Village is 2 points higher.
Flood
Santa Barbara: 28/100 · Vandenberg Village: 32/100
Vandenberg Village is 4 points higher.
Santa Barbara: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Vandenberg Village: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Santa Barbara: 2/100 · Vandenberg Village: 2/100
No gap.
Santa Barbara: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Vandenberg Village: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Santa Barbara: 0/100 · Vandenberg Village: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Barbara: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Vandenberg Village: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Santa Barbara: 0/100 · Vandenberg Village: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Barbara: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Vandenberg Village: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Santa Barbara: 2/100 · Vandenberg Village: 3/100
Vandenberg Village is 1 points higher.
Santa Barbara: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Vandenberg Village: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Santa Barbara: Unavailable · Vandenberg Village: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Santa Barbara: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Vandenberg Village: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Santa Barbara: 50/100 · Vandenberg Village: 61/100
Vandenberg Village is 11 points higher.
Santa Barbara: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Vandenberg Village: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Santa Barbara: 20/100 · Vandenberg Village: 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.
Vandenberg Village: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.