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Disaster risk in San Francisco

San Francisco ranks #105 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 22 — Quiet. That puts it in the 22nd percentile nationally and #7 of 18 in California.

resilience score
22
Quiet
National rank
#105 of 134
In California
#7 of 18
Percentile
22nd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; San Francisco sits 28 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 San Francisco

  1. T#103 Memphis, TN 23
  2. T#103 San Antonio, TX 23
  3. #105 San Francisco, CA — this page 22
  4. T#106 Henderson, NV 20
  5. T#106 Las Vegas, NV 20

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 San Francisco

San Francisco scores 96 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: