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Cleveland County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 72.1 Relatively High

7,453
Population
7
Departments
10
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
74th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
0.94
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
68th highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
75th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$239
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
67th highest of 75

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 Cleveland County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 36% of the life-safety total.

Cleveland County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Cleveland County ranks 2829th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1849th for life safety per 100k residents, 2969th for property loss, and 2422nd 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

62%
33%
Property (buildings): $1.8M (61.8%)
Life safety: $956K (33.2%)
Agriculture: $143K (5.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $2,879,453 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
$343K
Heat Wave
$261K
Earthquake
$138K
Strong Wind
$110K
Lightning
$52K
Cold Wave
$24K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.1M
Earthquake
$197K
Tornado
$196K
Ice Storm
$162K
Strong Wind
$111K
Hail
$29K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cleveland 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% (7)
Residents per Station
745
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
134.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cleveland 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 Cleveland 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 7 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Highway 15 South Fire Department 12,031 $2.1M Relatively High 4
Cooterneck Volunteer Fire Department 8,499 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Kingsland Volunteer Fire Department 7,453 $955.7K Relatively High 1
Rison Fire Department 7,453 $955.7K Relatively High 1
Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Department 7,453 $955.7K Relatively High 1
Pansy Volunteer Fire Department 3,354 $422.4K Relatively High 1
Rye Fire Department 3,354 $422.4K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.8%
Poverty Rate
21.2%
Age 65+
24.6%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
41.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
29.1%
Mobile Homes
18.3%
Vacancy Rate
0.7%
Wood Heat
$55,354
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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