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Miller County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 67.5 Relatively High

42,360
Population
8
Departments
12
Stations
14
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
0.46
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.08
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
61st highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$314
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
57th 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 Miller County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 36% of the life-safety total.

Miller County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Miller County ranks 1152nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1592nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1237th for property loss, and 1745th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Miller 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 Miller County.

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Loss Breakdown

66%
31%
Property (buildings): $13.3M (65.6%)
Life safety: $6.3M (30.9%)
Agriculture: $722K (3.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,292,290 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
$2.2M
Heat Wave
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$1.0M
Lightning
$466K
Cold Wave
$420K
Inland Flooding
$192K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.5M
Hail
$3.7M
Ice Storm
$1.8M
Tornado
$1.4M
Earthquake
$378K
Strong Wind
$353K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Miller 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

12%
75%
12%
Career: 12% (1)
Volunteer: 75% (6)
Unreported: 12% (1)
Residents per Station
3,530
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
28.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Miller 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 Miller 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 8 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department 29,403 $4.3M Relatively High 5
Trinity Volunteer Fire Department 2,457 $355.1K Relatively High 1
Lewisville Volunteer Fire Department 1,358 $232.2K Very High 1
Mandeville Fire Department 868 $149.1K Relatively High 1
Pleasant Hill Fire Department 915 $130.6K Relatively High 1
Fouke City Volunteer Fire Department 727 $118.4K Very High 1
Miller County Volunteer Fire Department Doddridge Station 763 $107.2K Relatively High 1
Midway-Boyd Hill Fire Department 264 $43.9K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

24.6%
Poverty Rate
17.1%
Age 65+
20.3%
Disability Rate
11.5%
Uninsured
46.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.6%
Mobile Homes
17.6%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$50,344
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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