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Cherokee County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 78.9 Relatively High

25,443
Population
13
Departments
17
Stations
8
Census Tracts

Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)

Tornado
$2.3M
Cold Wave
$616.8K
Strong Wind
$212.9K
Heat Wave
$193.8K
Earthquake
$172.4K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Cherokee 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sand Rock Volunteer Fire Department 13,501 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Leesburg Volunteer Fire Department 13,794 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Mccord's Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department 13,324 $1.9M Relatively High 2
Cedar Bluff Fire Department 10,937 $1.7M Relatively High 1
Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department 8,882 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Spring Garden Volunteer Fire Department 9,239 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Gaylesville Volunteer Fire Department 6,852 $1.1M Relatively High 2
Ellisville Volunteer Fire Department 7,230 $1.0M Relatively High 2
Tucker's Chapel Volunteer Fire Department 6,972 $998.0K Relatively High 1
Centre Fire Department 4,085 $632.1K Very High 1
Ballplay 1 Volunteer Fire 3,544 $569.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Ballplay Bend Fire Department 3,544 $569.5K Relatively Moderate 2
Broomtown Rinehart Fire Department 3,767 $545.9K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.8%
Poverty Rate
24.4%
Age 65+
21.1%
Disability Rate
7.2%
Uninsured
40.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
23.8%
Mobile Homes
30.7%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$56,787
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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