City vs city
El Paso vs Western Lake, TX
Western Lake currently scores 15 points higher overall than El Paso, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
El Paso: 24/100 · Western Lake: 39/100
Western Lake is 15 points higher.
Flood
El Paso: Unavailable · Western Lake: 31/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
El Paso: Flood model is not available for this location yet.
Western Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
El Paso: 14/100 · Western Lake: 14/100
No gap.
El Paso: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Western Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
El Paso: 19/100 · Western Lake: 52/100
Western Lake is 33 points higher.
El Paso: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Western Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
El Paso: 0/100 · Western Lake: 31/100
Western Lake is 31 points higher.
El Paso: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Western Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
El Paso: 69/100 · Western Lake: 50/100
El Paso is 19 points higher.
El Paso: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Western Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
El Paso: Unavailable · Western Lake: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
El Paso: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Western Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
El Paso: 22/100 · Western Lake: 70/100
Western Lake is 48 points higher.
El Paso: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Western Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
El Paso: 21/100 · Western Lake: 28/100
Western Lake is 7 points higher.
El Paso: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Western Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.