City vs city
Garden Valley vs Placerville, ID
Placerville currently scores 2 points higher overall than Garden Valley, 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 Valley: 18/100 · Placerville: 20/100
Placerville is 2 points higher.
Flood
Garden Valley: Unavailable · Placerville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Garden Valley: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Placerville: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Wind
Garden Valley: 11/100 · Placerville: 11/100
No gap.
Garden Valley: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Placerville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Garden Valley: 6/100 · Placerville: 6/100
No gap.
Garden Valley: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Placerville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Garden Valley: 0/100 · Placerville: 0/100
No gap.
Garden Valley: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Placerville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Garden Valley: 2/100 · Placerville: 16/100
Placerville is 14 points higher.
Garden Valley: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Placerville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Garden Valley: Unavailable · Placerville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Garden Valley: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Placerville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Garden Valley: 72/100 · Placerville: 77/100
Placerville is 5 points higher.
Garden Valley: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Placerville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Garden Valley: 14/100 · Placerville: 12/100
Garden Valley is 2 points higher.
Garden Valley: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Placerville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.