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Disaster risk in Santa Fe

Santa Fe ranks #17 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 88 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 88th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New Mexico.

resilience score
88
Exceptional
National rank
#17 of 134
In New Mexico
#1 of 2
Percentile
88th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Santa Fe sits 38 points above 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 Fe

  1. T#15 Bend, OR 89
  2. T#15 Bismarck, ND 89
  3. #17 Santa Fe, NM — this page 88
  4. #18 Boise, ID 87
  5. T#19 Asheville, NC 86

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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 Santa Fe

Santa Fe scores 63 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: