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Disaster risk in Tampa

Tampa ranks #94 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 30 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 31st percentile nationally and #5 of 7 in Florida.

resilience score
30
Some Fun
National rank
#94 of 134
In Florida
#5 of 7
Percentile
31st

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Tampa sits 20 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 Tampa

  1. T#91 St. Louis, MO 32
  2. #93 New York, NY 31
  3. #94 Tampa, FL — this page 30
  4. T#95 Bakersfield, CA 29
  5. T#95 Plano, TX 29

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 Tampa

Tampa scores 70 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: