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Disaster risk in Arlington

Arlington ranks T#100 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 25 — Quiet. That puts it in the 26th percentile nationally and T#7 of 13 in Texas.

resilience score
25
Quiet
National rank
T#100 of 134
In Texas
T#7 of 13
Percentile
26th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Arlington sits 25 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Arlington

  1. #98 Santa Barbara, CA 27
  2. #99 Tucson, AZ 26
  3. T#100 Arlington, TX — this page 25
  4. #102 Fresno, CA 24
  5. T#103 Memphis, TN 23

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Arlington

Arlington scores 17 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: