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Disaster risk in Tucson

Tucson ranks #99 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 26 — Quiet. That puts it in the 27th percentile nationally and #2 of 8 in Arizona.

resilience score
26
Quiet
National rank
#99 of 134
In Arizona
#2 of 8
Percentile
27th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Tucson sits 24 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.

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Ranked around Tucson

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

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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 Tucson

Tucson scores 47 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: