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Randolph County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 93.7 Very High

18,838
Population
10
Departments
17
Stations
5
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
0.79
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
4.20
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
2nd highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
31st highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$463
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
26th 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 Randolph County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 32% of the life-safety total.

Randolph County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Randolph County ranks 728th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 161st for life safety per 100k residents, 1671st for property loss, and 987th 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County.

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Loss Breakdown

43%
53%
Property (buildings): $8.7M (42.8%)
Life safety: $10.8M (53.2%)
Agriculture: $826K (4.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,378,044 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)

Cold Wave
$3.5M
Earthquake
$2.9M
Tornado
$1.9M
Heat Wave
$1.4M
Inland Flooding
$758K
Lightning
$176K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.8M
Earthquake
$3.2M
Tornado
$872K
Ice Storm
$636K
Strong Wind
$93K
Winter Weather
$66K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Randolph 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

10%
70%
20%
Combination: 10% (1)
Volunteer: 70% (7)
Unreported: 20% (2)
Residents per Station
1,108
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
90.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Randolph 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 Randolph 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Pocahontas Fire Department 7,642 $4.4M Very High 4
Maynard Volunteer Fire Department 2,396 $1.4M Very High 2
Imboden Volunteer Fire Department 1,744 $797.5K Very High 4
Biggers Reyno Fire Department 1,002 $588.1K Very High 2
Dalton Fire Department 750 $425.0K Very High 0
Ravenden Springs Volunteer Fire Department 678 $354.7K Very High 1
Warm Springs Volunteer Fire Department 524 $321.4K Very High 1
Wirth Fire Department 812 $276.0K Relatively High 1
Water Valley Volunteer Fire Department 302 $166.7K Very High 1
O'Kean Volunteer Fire Department 278 $163.6K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

22.4%
Poverty Rate
19.3%
Age 65+
24.6%
Disability Rate
7.2%
Uninsured
51.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.2%
Mobile Homes
15.3%
Vacancy Rate
7.6%
Wood Heat
$48,570
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
21
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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