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Little River County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 68.4 Relatively High

11,821
Population
15
Departments
16
Stations
6
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
0.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.38
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
43rd highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$521
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
18th 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 Little River County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 23% of the life-safety total.

Little River County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Little River County ranks 2195th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1162nd for life safety per 100k residents, 2038th for property loss, and 785th 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 Little River 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 Little River County.

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Loss Breakdown

67%
24%
9%
Property (buildings): $6.2M (66.6%)
Life safety: $2.2M (24.2%)
Agriculture: $851K (9.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $9,253,377 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 9% of expected annual loss in Little River 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
$524K
Inland Flooding
$502K
Lightning
$489K
Heat Wave
$353K
Strong Wind
$188K
Earthquake
$116K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.9M
Ice Storm
$1.8M
Hail
$548K
Tornado
$456K
Earthquake
$265K
Strong Wind
$128K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Little River 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

93%
Volunteer: 93% (14)
Unreported: 7% (1)
Residents per Station
739
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
135.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Little River 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 Little River 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 15 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
City Of Ashdown Volunteer Fire Department 4,774 $1.0M Relatively High 2
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department 2,810 $411.5K Relatively High 1
Foreman Fire Department 1,759 $318.5K Very High 1
Mandeville Fire Department 816 $140.3K Relatively High 1
Wilton Volunteer Fire Department 840 $113.4K Relatively Low 1
Yarborough Volunteer Fire Department 526 $112.6K Relatively High 1
Wallace Volunteer Fire Department 562 $103.8K Very High 1
Winthrop Volunteer Fire Department 682 $101.1K Relatively High 1
Richmond Fire Department 514 $98.4K Relatively High 1
Jacks Isle Volunteer Fire Department 324 $71.3K Relatively High 1
Oak Hill Fire Department 293 $40.5K Relatively Low 1
Alleene Volunteer Fire Department 294 $39.7K Relatively Low 1
Ogden Fire Department 192 $39.0K Relatively High 1
Cerro Gordo Fire Department 254 $37.7K Relatively High 1
Hicks Volunteer Fire Department 218 $36.8K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.5%
Poverty Rate
21.3%
Age 65+
17.6%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
50.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.6%
Mobile Homes
20.4%
Vacancy Rate
3.1%
Wood Heat
$54,872
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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