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Carnuel vs Sandia Heights, NM

Sandia Heights currently scores 1 points higher overall than Carnuel, with the largest gap in wildfire.

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Carnuel

36/100

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Sandia Heights

37/100

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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 · Sandia Heights: 37/100

Sandia Heights is 1 points higher.

Flood

Carnuel: 53/100 · Sandia Heights: 55/100

Sandia Heights is 2 points higher.

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

Sandia Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Carnuel: 13/100 · Sandia Heights: 13/100

No gap.

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

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

Lightning

Carnuel: 29/100 · Sandia Heights: 29/100

No gap.

Carnuel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sandia Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Carnuel: 0/100 · Sandia Heights: 0/100

No gap.

Carnuel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sandia Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Carnuel: 25/100 · Sandia Heights: 17/100

Carnuel is 8 points higher.

Carnuel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sandia Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Carnuel: Unavailable · Sandia Heights: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Carnuel: 59/100 · Sandia Heights: 76/100

Sandia Heights is 17 points higher.

Carnuel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sandia Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Carnuel: 34/100 · Sandia Heights: 34/100

No gap.

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.

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