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Disaster risk in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara ranks #98 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 27 — Quiet. That puts it in the 28th percentile nationally and #5 of 18 in California.

resilience score
27
Quiet
National rank
#98 of 134
In California
#5 of 18
Percentile
28th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Santa Barbara sits 23 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 Santa Barbara

  1. T#95 Plano, TX 29
  2. #97 Detroit, MI 28
  3. #98 Santa Barbara, CA — this page 27
  4. #99 Tucson, AZ 26
  5. T#100 Arlington, TX 25

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 Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara scores 83 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: