City vs city
Santa Clara vs Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Clara currently scores 10 points higher overall than Santa Cruz, 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 is a current EPA AirNow signal; 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 Clara: 30/100 · Santa Cruz: 20/100
Santa Clara is 10 points higher.
Flood
Santa Clara: 48/100 · Santa Cruz: 13/100
Santa Clara is 35 points higher.
Santa Clara: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 25 features intersect this tile.
Santa Cruz: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Santa Clara: 2/100 · Santa Cruz: 1/100
Santa Clara is 1 points higher.
Santa Clara: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Santa Clara: 0/100 · Santa Cruz: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Clara: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Santa Cruz: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Santa Clara: 0/100 · Santa Cruz: 12/100
Santa Cruz is 12 points higher.
Santa Clara: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Santa Clara: 11/100 · Santa Cruz: 10/100
Santa Clara is 1 points higher.
Santa Clara: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Cruz: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Santa Clara: Unavailable · Santa Cruz: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Santa Clara: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Santa Cruz: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Santa Clara: 63/100 · Santa Cruz: 58/100
Santa Clara is 5 points higher.
Santa Clara: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Santa Cruz: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Current air quality
Santa Clara: 27/100 · Santa Cruz: 23/100
Santa Clara is 4 points higher.
Santa Clara: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.
Santa Cruz: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.