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Calhoun County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 50.3 Relatively Moderate

4,704
Population
2
Departments
2
Stations
2
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
0.05
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
75th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.07
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
62nd highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
74th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$438
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
28th highest of 75

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 Calhoun County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 28% of the life-safety total.

Calhoun County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Calhoun County ranks 2967th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1615th for life safety per 100k residents, 2909th for property loss, and 1070th 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County.

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Loss Breakdown

75%
25%
Property (buildings): $2.1M (74.5%)
Life safety: $686K (24.8%)
Agriculture: $19K (0.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $2,767,418 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
$194K
Earthquake
$171K
Heat Wave
$161K
Strong Wind
$84K
Lightning
$40K
Cold Wave
$16K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.2M
Earthquake
$241K
Ice Storm
$203K
Tornado
$190K
Strong Wind
$127K
Lightning
$28K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Calhoun 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% (2)
Residents per Station
2,352
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
42.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Calhoun County, AR. 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 Calhoun 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 2 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Chambersville Volunteer Fire Department 417 $66.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Tinsman Volunteer Fire Department 216 $34.3K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.2%
Poverty Rate
23.8%
Age 65+
22.2%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
46.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
28.7%
Mobile Homes
31.5%
Vacancy Rate
5.6%
Wood Heat
$68,146
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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