City vs city

New Orleans vs Norco, LA

New Orleans currently scores 8 points higher overall than Norco, with the largest gap in flood.

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

New Orleans

47/100

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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

New Orleans: 47/100 · Norco: 39/100

New Orleans is 8 points higher.

Flood

New Orleans: 30/100 · Norco: 0/100

New Orleans is 30 points higher.

New Orleans: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 22 features intersect this tile.

Norco: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.

Wind

New Orleans: 49/100 · Norco: 46/100

New Orleans is 3 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

New Orleans: 96/100 · Norco: 93/100

New Orleans is 3 points higher.

New Orleans: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Norco: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

New Orleans: 35/100 · Norco: 27/100

New Orleans is 8 points higher.

New Orleans: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Norco: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

New Orleans: 18/100 · Norco: 22/100

Norco is 4 points higher.

New Orleans: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Norco: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

New Orleans: 99/100 · Norco: 99/100

No gap.

New Orleans: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.

Norco: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.

Wildfire

New Orleans: 24/100 · Norco: 8/100

New Orleans is 16 points higher.

New Orleans: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Norco: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

New Orleans: 23/100 · Norco: 16/100

New Orleans is 7 points higher.

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

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