City vs city
Elephant Butte vs Rio Rancho, NM
Rio Rancho currently scores 25 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 · Rio Rancho: 41/100
Rio Rancho is 25 points higher.
Flood
Elephant Butte: Unavailable · Rio Rancho: 84/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Elephant Butte: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Rio Rancho: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Elephant Butte: 13/100 · Rio Rancho: 13/100
No gap.
Elephant Butte: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Rio Rancho: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Elephant Butte: 28/100 · Rio Rancho: 26/100
Elephant Butte is 2 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Rio Rancho: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Elephant Butte: 8/100 · Rio Rancho: 8/100
No gap.
Elephant Butte: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Rio Rancho: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Elephant Butte: 12/100 · Rio Rancho: 68/100
Rio Rancho is 56 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Rio Rancho: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Elephant Butte: Unavailable · Rio Rancho: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Elephant Butte: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Rio Rancho: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Elephant Butte: 37/100 · Rio Rancho: 58/100
Rio Rancho is 21 points higher.
Elephant Butte: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Rio Rancho: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Elephant Butte: 17/100 · Rio Rancho: 27/100
Rio Rancho is 10 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.
Rio Rancho: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.