City vs city
Elephant Butte vs Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces currently scores 20 points higher overall than Elephant Butte, 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
Elephant Butte: 16/100 · Las Cruces: 36/100
Las Cruces is 20 points higher.
Flood
Elephant Butte: Unavailable · Las Cruces: 88/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Elephant Butte: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Las Cruces: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Elephant Butte: 13/100 · Las Cruces: 14/100
Las Cruces is 1 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Las Cruces: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Elephant Butte: 28/100 · Las Cruces: 16/100
Elephant Butte is 12 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Las Cruces: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Elephant Butte: 8/100 · Las Cruces: 0/100
Elephant Butte is 8 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Las Cruces: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Elephant Butte: 12/100 · Las Cruces: 58/100
Las Cruces is 46 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Las Cruces: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Elephant Butte: Unavailable · Las Cruces: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Elephant Butte: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Las Cruces: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Elephant Butte: 37/100 · Las Cruces: 25/100
Elephant Butte is 12 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Las Cruces: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Elephant Butte: 17/100 · Las Cruces: 13/100
Elephant Butte is 4 points higher.
Elephant Butte: 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.