City vs city
Cedar Crest vs Sandia Heights, NM
Cedar Crest currently scores 8 points higher overall than Sandia Heights, 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
Cedar Crest: 45/100 · Sandia Heights: 37/100
Cedar Crest is 8 points higher.
Flood
Cedar Crest: 53/100 · Sandia Heights: 55/100
Sandia Heights is 2 points higher.
Cedar Crest: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Sandia Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cedar Crest: 13/100 · Sandia Heights: 13/100
No gap.
Cedar Crest: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sandia Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cedar Crest: 30/100 · Sandia Heights: 29/100
Cedar Crest is 1 points higher.
Cedar Crest: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sandia Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cedar Crest: 0/100 · Sandia Heights: 0/100
No gap.
Cedar Crest: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sandia Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cedar Crest: 76/100 · Sandia Heights: 17/100
Cedar Crest is 59 points higher.
Cedar Crest: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sandia Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cedar Crest: Unavailable · Sandia Heights: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cedar Crest: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sandia Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cedar Crest: 66/100 · Sandia Heights: 76/100
Sandia Heights is 10 points higher.
Cedar Crest: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sandia Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cedar Crest: 32/100 · Sandia Heights: 34/100
Sandia Heights is 2 points higher.
Cedar Crest: 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.