City vs city

Santa Clara vs Sunnyvale, CA

Santa Clara currently scores 1 points higher overall than Sunnyvale, with the largest gap in tornado.

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

Santa Clara

30/100

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Sunnyvale

29/100

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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 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 · Sunnyvale: 29/100

Santa Clara is 1 points higher.

Flood

Santa Clara: 48/100 · Sunnyvale: 52/100

Sunnyvale is 4 points higher.

Santa Clara: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 25 features intersect this tile.

Sunnyvale: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 16 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Santa Clara: 2/100 · Sunnyvale: 2/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Santa Clara: 0/100 · Sunnyvale: 0/100

No gap.

Santa Clara: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sunnyvale: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Santa Clara: 0/100 · Sunnyvale: 19/100

Sunnyvale is 19 points higher.

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

Sunnyvale: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Santa Clara: 11/100 · Sunnyvale: 11/100

No gap.

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

Sunnyvale: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Santa Clara: Unavailable · Sunnyvale: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Santa Clara: 63/100 · Sunnyvale: 63/100

No gap.

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

Sunnyvale: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Santa Clara: 27/100 · Sunnyvale: 26/100

Santa Clara is 1 points higher.

Santa Clara: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Sunnyvale: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.