Is Palmdale safe? United States travel risk
Is Palmdale safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Palmdale scores 45/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Palmdale scores 45/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Palmdale: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (72/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 45 is higher than 48% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 34.5944° N, 118.1057° W in California, Palmdale maintains a regional distance of 3,661.1 km ENE to Washington.
California
34.5944° N, 118.1057° W
810 m
America/Los_Angeles
165,487
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Wildfires | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Palmdale happened in January (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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