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Cleburne County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 67.4 Relatively High

15,426
Population
9
Departments
10
Stations
4
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
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
58th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.85
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
45th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
62nd highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$253
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
48th 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 Cleburne County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 57% of the life-safety total.

Cleburne County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Cleburne County ranks 2390th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1974th for life safety per 100k residents, 2486th for property loss, and 2283rd 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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne County.

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Loss Breakdown

65%
30%
Property (buildings): $3.9M (64.5%)
Life safety: $1.8M (29.8%)
Agriculture: $345K (5.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,039,351 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 6% of expected annual loss in Cleburne 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
$1.0M
Cold Wave
$374K
Heat Wave
$118K
Strong Wind
$96K
Inland Flooding
$55K
Lightning
$48K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.8M
Tornado
$645K
Earthquake
$115K
Hurricane
$112K
Wildfire
$68K
Hail
$53K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cleburne 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (9)
Residents per Station
1,543
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
64.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cleburne 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 Cleburne 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 9 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Ranburne Rescue Squad & Fire Department 19,432 $3.1M Relatively High 1
Heflin Fire Department 12,659 $1.5M Relatively High 2
Turkey Heaven Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 8,310 $935.4K Relatively High 2
Muscadine Volunteer Fire Department 7,666 $855.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Micaville Volunteer Fire Department 4,899 $527.7K Relatively High 1
Cheaha Limited Volunteer Fire Department 3,411 $407.7K Relatively High 0
Hollis Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department 3,411 $407.7K Relatively High 1
Fruithurst Volunteer Fire Department 2,767 $327.7K Relatively Low 1
Piney Woods-Oak Level Volunteer Fire Department 2,767 $327.7K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.7%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
20.0%
Disability Rate
8.8%
Uninsured
38.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
26.1%
Mobile Homes
13.0%
Vacancy Rate
4.4%
Wood Heat
$58,449
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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