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Barbour County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.4 Relatively Moderate

24,643
Population
12
Departments
17
Stations
9
Census Tracts

Natural Hazard Loss Profile

Expected annual loss across the 18 natural hazards in FEMA's National Risk Index. Life safety is expressed in fatality-equivalents, combining expected deaths and injuries. Property loss counts building damage only, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.72
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
54th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$225
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
63rd highest of 67

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Barbour County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 59% of the life-safety total.

Barbour County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Barbour County ranks 2089th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2200th for life safety per 100k residents, 2137th for property loss, and 2542nd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Barbour County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Barbour County.

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Loss Breakdown

62%
27%
10%
Property (buildings): $5.6M (62.3%)
Life safety: $2.4M (27.4%)
Agriculture: $925K (10.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,923,875 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.

Agriculture is 10% of expected annual loss in Barbour County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

Hazards Ranked Two Ways

The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.

By life-safety loss ($/yr)

Tornado
$1.4M
Heat Wave
$511K
Lightning
$238K
Strong Wind
$96K
Earthquake
$54K
Cold Wave
$34K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.9M
Tornado
$704K
Hurricane
$612K
Earthquake
$139K
Strong Wind
$68K
Lightning
$28K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Barbour County. Gray tracts have no modeled loss or no resident population. Per-resident figures on this map use the National Risk Index 2020 tract population.

Fire Service Profile

8%
8%
83%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (10)
Residents per Station
1,450
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
69.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Barbour County, AL. Departments that have not registered are not counted. Station coverage divides census population by registered stations; department service areas overlap, so their populations are not summed.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Barbour County. Click column headers to sort.

NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.

Department boundaries and station counts are self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Population and Life-Safety Loss reflect each department's full jurisdiction. County-level risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.

Showing 12 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Clayton Volunteer Fire Department 18,585 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Eufaula Fire And Rescue 15,755 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 4
Midway Volunteer Fire Department 15,755 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Bakerhill Volunteer Fire Department 20,614 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Louisville Fire & Rescue 13,659 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Screamer Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 7,559 $923.2K Relatively High 3
Clio Volunteer Fire Department 8,812 $897.0K Relatively Moderate 2
Texasville Volunteer Fire Department 8,506 $787.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Green's Crossroad Volunteer Fire Department 8,727 $746.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Cowikee Volunteer Fire Department 6,943 $687.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Corinth Volunteer Fire Department 6,058 $536.2K Relatively Low 0
Elamville Volunteer Fire Department 5,511 $497.2K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.4%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
19.4%
Disability Rate
10.3%
Uninsured
45.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
26.7%
Mobile Homes
22.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$45,701
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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