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Disaster risk in Oakland

Oakland ranks T#118 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 13 — Quiet. That puts it in the 13th percentile nationally and T#10 of 18 in California.

resilience score
13
Quiet
National rank
T#118 of 134
In California
T#10 of 18
Percentile
13th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Oakland sits 37 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 Oakland

  1. T#116 San Diego, CA 14
  2. T#116 San Jose, CA 14
  3. T#118 Oakland, CA — this page 13
  4. T#120 Anaheim, CA 12
  5. T#120 Irvine, CA 12

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 Oakland

Oakland scores 61 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: