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Carnuel vs Las Cruces, NM

Carnuel and Las Cruces are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in flood.

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Carnuel

36/100

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Las Cruces

36/100

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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

Carnuel: 36/100 · Las Cruces: 36/100

No gap.

Flood

Carnuel: 53/100 · Las Cruces: 88/100

Las Cruces is 35 points higher.

Carnuel: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Las Cruces: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Carnuel: 13/100 · Las Cruces: 14/100

Las Cruces is 1 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Carnuel: 29/100 · Las Cruces: 16/100

Carnuel is 13 points higher.

Carnuel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Las Cruces: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Carnuel: 0/100 · Las Cruces: 0/100

No gap.

Carnuel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Las Cruces: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Carnuel: 25/100 · Las Cruces: 58/100

Las Cruces is 33 points higher.

Carnuel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Las Cruces: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Carnuel: Unavailable · Las Cruces: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Carnuel: 59/100 · Las Cruces: 25/100

Carnuel is 34 points higher.

Carnuel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Las Cruces: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Carnuel: 34/100 · Las Cruces: 13/100

Carnuel is 21 points higher.

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

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