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Disaster risk in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg ranks #82 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 39 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 40th percentile nationally and #3 of 7 in Florida.

resilience score
39
Some Fun
National rank
#82 of 134
In Florida
#3 of 7
Percentile
40th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; St. Petersburg sits 11 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 St. Petersburg

  1. T#79 Pittsburgh, PA 41
  2. #81 Sacramento, CA 40
  3. #82 St. Petersburg, FL — this page 39
  4. T#83 Louisville, KY 38
  5. T#83 New Orleans, LA 38

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 St. Petersburg

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