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Craighead County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 90.5 Very High

113,249
Population
11
Departments
32
Stations
22
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
3.49
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
3rd highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
3.08
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
12th highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$39.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$353
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
49th 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 Craighead County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 35% of the life-safety total.

Craighead County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $39.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Craighead County ranks 145th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 298th for life safety per 100k residents, 462nd for property loss, and 1496th 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 Craighead 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 Craighead County.

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Loss Breakdown

45%
53%
Property (buildings): $39.9M (44.6%)
Life safety: $47.8M (53.3%)
Agriculture: $1.9M (2.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $89,626,573 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)

Earthquake
$16.7M
Tornado
$14.2M
Cold Wave
$7.7M
Heat Wave
$5.2M
Inland Flooding
$2.2M
Lightning
$715K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$19.1M
Inland Flooding
$13.0M
Tornado
$3.4M
Ice Storm
$3.3M
Hail
$394K
Winter Weather
$344K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Craighead 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

9%
91%
Career: 9% (1)
Volunteer: 91% (10)
Residents per Station
3,539
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
28.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Craighead 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 Craighead 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 11 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Jonesboro Fire Department 84,212 $32.2M Very High 8
Bono Fire Protection District 7,743 $3.1M Very High 6
Brookland Fire Protection District 8,488 $2.8M Very High 3
Monette Fire Department 2,195 $2.3M Very High 2
Caraway Volunteer Fire Department 1,587 $1.8M Very High 1
Lake City Volunteer Fire Department 3,759 $1.7M Very High 2
Bay Fire Department 2,587 $1.3M Very High 4
Philadelphia Fire Protection District 3,806 $1.2M Very High 2
Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department 610 $541.4K Very High 2
Valley View Volunteer Fire Department 770 $317.9K Very High 1
Cash Fire Department 510 $227.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

20.1%
Poverty Rate
13.9%
Age 65+
19.5%
Disability Rate
8.2%
Uninsured
33.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.5%
Mobile Homes
9.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$66,425
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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