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Disaster risk in Scottsdale

Scottsdale ranks T#123 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 10 — Quiet. That puts it in the 9th percentile nationally and T#3 of 8 in Arizona.

resilience score
10
Quiet
National rank
T#123 of 134
In Arizona
T#3 of 8
Percentile
9th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Scottsdale sits 40 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 Scottsdale

  1. T#120 Irvine, CA 12
  2. T#120 Santa Ana, CA 12
  3. T#123 Scottsdale, AZ — this page 10
  4. T#129 Houston, TX 9
  5. T#129 Riverside, CA 9

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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 Scottsdale

Scottsdale scores 46 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: