Santa Cruz de Tenerife · 22.654 inhabitants · 5.565 buildings analysed one by one

Guía de IsoraClimate risk in its neighbourhoods, streets and rivers, today and in 2050

We have scored the climate risk of the 5.565 buildings in Guía de Isora using Cadastre data, satellite imagery and climate projections, and added it up by area, street and watercourse. The clearest change comes at night: from 28 to 49 tropical nights a year by 2050.

28→49tropical nights a year in a typical building, today and by 2050
8%of homes at high or very high flood risk by 2050
834homes in the official flood zone (500 years)
At a glance

Where the risk lies by 2050

LowMediumHighVery highRivers and streams

Level of the highest hazard in each 250 m area by 2050: flooding, heat, wildfire, wind or ground movement.

Tropical nights a year in a typical building

Guía de Isora compared with Spain

  • Tropical nights a year, 2050: 50 nights
    higher than 77 % of municipalities
  • Average summer maximum, 2050: 25,7 °C
    lower than 92 % of municipalities
  • Flood-prone area (100-year): 0,0%
    lower than 80 % of municipalities
  • Area burnt 2016-2026: 0,0%
    lower than 64 % of municipalities
  • Water stress 2050 (0-5): 2,8
    lower than 84 % of municipalities

Position among the 8.217 municipalities: further right means more risk. These are figures for the municipality as a whole, the same for everyone; they may differ from those for the typical building. Compare with others →

What stands out

What we found in Guía de Isora

It comes from matching each building with its neighbourhood, its street, the nearest watercourse and its surroundings.

1

834 homes in a flood zone

834 homes

They are in the area that can flood once every 500 years according to the official maps (SNCZI); 716 of them are in the 100-year area. Next to Barranco de Guía, 392 homes are inside the flood zone, less than 100 m from the watercourse.

According to the Ministry’s studies, this is an annual probability of 0,2 % (500 years) or 1 % (100 years), not “once every 500 years”: it can happen two years in a row. Small gullies are not always mapped.

2

667 homes at very high wildfire risk

652 buildings

These are 652 buildings right next to vegetation that can burn. Of these, 6 are blocks of flats with 204 homes, where evacuation is harder.

  • Calle el Natero: 60
  • Calle Taburiente: 47
  • Calle Marejadilla: 30
  • Calle Pleamar: 26

Proximity to woodland and to burnt areas (ESA WorldCover, EFFIS). It does not measure the state of the vegetation or any firebreaks.

3

From 28 to 49 tropical nights a year

28→49 nights

In a typical building in Guía de Isora, nights when the temperature stays at or above 20 °C would rise from 28 a year (1991-2020) to about 49 by 2050. For this reason, 72 % of homes would be at a high or very high level.

Median of the buildings. Intermediate-to-high emissions scenario (SSP3-7.0).

4

In Guía de Isora, the ground is sinking 1,6 mm a year

−1,6 mm/yr

This is the median of its 1.067 buildings measured by satellite (Copernicus EGMS, 2020-2024); 16 are sinking 2 mm a year or more. For the municipality as a whole, the median is −1,6 mm/yr.

  • Avenida de la Gaviota
  • Carretera General Piedra Hincada a Tejina
  • Calle Abama
  • Calle el Mirlo
  • Calle Alpispa

It is not dangerous in itself and we do not know the cause. It is worth keeping an eye on: cracks, and whether the sinking continues.

5

Barranco de Aripe: 39 homes less than 50 m away, with no official map

39 homes

Along Barranco de Aripe (1,5 km within the municipality, dry most of the year) there is no official mapped flood zone, but there are 39 homes less than 50 m from the watercourse.

Having no official map does not mean it cannot overflow: watercourses that are dry most of the year are the ones that cause the most surprises in a storm.

Six hazards

How many homes are at high risk, today and in 2050

The 9.058 homes in Guía de Isora by the level of their building. Tap a hazard to see it on the map.

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What can be done

For the town council and for residents

For the town council and its technical staff

  • Climate shelters, and late-afternoon and evening opening hours at libraries and community centres in the areas with the most tropical nights.
  • Shade and trees in the playgrounds of the 1 schools with the hottest surroundings.
  • Review with the river basin authority the watercourses with no official mapping that run next to homes, and keep them clear.
  • Firebreaks and evacuation routes in the streets that border woodland.
  • Monitoring of ground movement in Guía de Isora: cracks, water mains and buildings.

For residents

  • Air your home in the early hours, shade west-facing walls from the sun and ask about grants to insulate the roof.
  • If you live on a ground floor or have a garage next to a watercourse, have a plan: where to go upstairs, what to switch off and how to hear about warnings.
  • Keep the strip around your house clear of dry vegetation and know both ways out of your street.
  • Look up your building: the free report gives its level for each hazard, and the Climate Note gives the full detail.

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