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Disaster risk in Dallas

Dallas ranks T#112 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 16 — Quiet. That puts it in the 17th percentile nationally and T#10 of 13 in Texas.

resilience score
16
Quiet
National rank
T#112 of 134
In Texas
T#10 of 13
Percentile
17th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Dallas sits 34 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 Dallas

  1. T#110 Hialeah, FL 18
  2. T#110 Miami, FL 18
  3. T#112 Dallas, TX — this page 16
  4. #115 Seattle, WA 15
  5. T#116 San Diego, CA 14

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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 Dallas

Dallas scores 38 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: