City vs city

Seal Beach vs Westminster, CA

Westminster currently scores 2 points higher overall than Seal Beach, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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

Seal Beach

28/100

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Westminster

30/100

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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

Seal Beach: 28/100 · Westminster: 30/100

Westminster is 2 points higher.

Flood

Seal Beach: 55/100 · Westminster: 62/100

Westminster is 7 points higher.

Seal Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 23 features intersect this tile.

Westminster: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Seal Beach: 4/100 · Westminster: 5/100

Westminster is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Seal Beach: 0/100 · Westminster: 0/100

No gap.

Seal Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Westminster: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Seal Beach: 0/100 · Westminster: 12/100

Westminster is 12 points higher.

Seal Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Westminster: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Seal Beach: 1/100 · Westminster: 2/100

Westminster is 1 points higher.

Seal Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Westminster: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Seal Beach: Unavailable · Westminster: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Seal Beach: 54/100 · Westminster: 67/100

Westminster is 13 points higher.

Seal Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Westminster: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Seal Beach: 28/100 · Westminster: 31/100

Westminster is 3 points higher.

Seal 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.

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