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Pope County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 75.5 Relatively High

64,131
Population
14
Departments
23
Stations
17
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
1.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.68
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
31st highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$366
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
43rd 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 Pope County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 60% of the life-safety total.

Pope County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Pope County ranks 553rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 848th for life safety per 100k residents, 774th for property loss, and 1398th 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 Pope 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 Pope County.

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Loss Breakdown

61%
38%
Property (buildings): $23.5M (60.6%)
Life safety: $14.7M (38.0%)
Agriculture: $529K (1.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $38,741,655 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
$8.9M
Heat Wave
$2.3M
Strong Wind
$1,000K
Earthquake
$919K
Cold Wave
$858K
Lightning
$489K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$16.4M
Tornado
$2.5M
Ice Storm
$1.9M
Earthquake
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$391K
Hail
$235K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Pope 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

79%
Career: 7% (1)
Combination: 7% (1)
Volunteer: 79% (11)
Unreported: 7% (1)
Residents per Station
2,788
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Pope 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 Pope 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 14 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Russellville Fire Department 29,866 $7.0M Relatively High 5
Atkins Fire Department 5,044 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Crow Mountain Fire Department 4,852 $1.2M Relatively High 2
Pottsville City And Rural Fire Department 4,180 $1.1M Relatively High 3
Dardanelle Rural Fire Department 3,324 $951.1K Very High 3
London Rural Volunteer Fire Department 4,537 $873.9K Very High 2
Moreland Fire Department 2,142 $482.0K Relatively High 1
Hector Fire Department 1,923 $389.8K Very High 1
Hatley Rural Volunteer Fire Department 1,564 $299.3K Relatively High 1
Martin Twp Rural Volunteer Fire Department 1,508 $291.7K Relatively High 1
Dover Fire Department 1,372 $270.6K Relatively High 0
Appleton Rural Volunteer Fire Department 937 $203.3K Very High 1
Bayliss Volunteer Fire Department 790 $147.3K Very High 1
Witts Springs Volunteer Fire Department 685 $135.4K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.9%
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Age 65+
17.7%
Disability Rate
7.3%
Uninsured
35.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.8%
Mobile Homes
10.3%
Vacancy Rate
2.3%
Wood Heat
$59,628
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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