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Chilton County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.7 Relatively Moderate

45,992
Population
21
Departments
32
Stations
12
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.39
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
32nd highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.86
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
43rd highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
34th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$230
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
62nd highest of 67

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Chilton County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 55% of the life-safety total.

Chilton County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Chilton County ranks 1274th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1967th for life safety per 100k residents, 1461st for property loss, and 2494th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

66%
34%
Property (buildings): $10.6M (65.7%)
Life safety: $5.4M (33.6%)
Agriculture: $122K (0.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,121,830 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.

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
$3.0M
Cold Wave
$833K
Heat Wave
$744K
Lightning
$347K
Strong Wind
$182K
Inland Flooding
$143K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.9M
Tornado
$1.9M
Earthquake
$428K
Hurricane
$107K
Wildfire
$72K
Hail
$64K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Chilton 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

14%
81%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 14% (3)
Volunteer: 81% (17)
Residents per Station
1,437
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
69.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 21 departments registered in NERIS Public for Chilton 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 Chilton 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 21 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fairview Volunteer Fire Department 52,818 $7.1M Relatively High 0
Jemison Fire Department 36,494 $4.7M Relatively Moderate 2
Calera Fire & Rescue 21,946 $2.8M Relatively Moderate 3
Cedar Grove Fire Department 19,918 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Clanton Fire Department 17,361 $2.1M Relatively High 3
Clayton Volunteer Fire Department 18,585 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Cedar Grove Fire Department 16,034 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Enterprise Volunteer Fire & Rescue 16,565 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Lilly Hill/ Pentacost Volunteer Fire Department 15,353 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Shelby Volunteer Fire Department 11,692 $1.5M Relatively High 3
Gap Of The Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue 10,129 $1.3M Relatively High 2
Dry Valley Fire And Rescue 8,421 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Providence North Chilton Volunteer Fire Department 9,800 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Plantersville Volunteer Fire Department 9,490 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
East Chilton Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department 9,841 $1.1M Relatively High 1
South Chilton Volunteer Fire Department 10,054 $1.0M Relatively Low 1
Union Grove Volunteer Fire Department 8,594 $966.0K Relatively High 2
Collins Chapel Fire & Rescue Department 6,366 $837.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Thorsby Fire Department 5,582 $708.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Isabella Volunteer Fire And Rescue 7,098 $695.6K Relatively Low 1
Verbena Fire Department 4,953 $538.7K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.0%
Poverty Rate
17.0%
Age 65+
17.6%
Disability Rate
11.1%
Uninsured
41.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
29.5%
Mobile Homes
9.9%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$66,899
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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