City vs city
Garden Grove vs Iowa City, IA
Iowa City currently scores 9 points higher overall than Garden Grove, with the largest gap in hail.
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
Garden Grove: 39/100 · Iowa City: 48/100
Iowa City is 9 points higher.
Flood
Garden Grove: 52/100 · Iowa City: 64/100
Iowa City is 12 points higher.
Garden Grove: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Iowa City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Garden Grove: 18/100 · Iowa City: 17/100
Garden Grove is 1 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Iowa City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Garden Grove: 64/100 · Iowa City: 47/100
Garden Grove is 17 points higher.
Garden Grove: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Iowa City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Garden Grove: 0/100 · Iowa City: 38/100
Iowa City is 38 points higher.
Garden Grove: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Iowa City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Garden Grove: 28/100 · Iowa City: 100/100
Iowa City is 72 points higher.
Garden Grove: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Iowa City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Garden Grove: Unavailable · Iowa City: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Garden Grove: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Iowa City: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Garden Grove: 38/100 · Iowa City: 43/100
Iowa City is 5 points higher.
Garden Grove: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Iowa City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Garden Grove: 31/100 · Iowa City: 24/100
Garden Grove is 7 points higher.
Garden Grove: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Iowa City: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.