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Searcy County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 82.7 Very High

7,859
Population
10
Departments
13
Stations
3
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
67th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.49
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
37th highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$596
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
12th highest of 75

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Searcy County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 47% of the life-safety total.

Searcy County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Searcy County ranks 2492nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1031st for life safety per 100k residents, 2307th for property loss, and 601st for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

74%
25%
Property (buildings): $4.7M (73.7%)
Life safety: $1.6M (25.3%)
Agriculture: $67K (1.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,362,778 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
$752K
Cold Wave
$333K
Heat Wave
$136K
Strong Wind
$118K
Lightning
$117K
Earthquake
$91K

By property loss ($/yr)

Ice Storm
$2.2M
Inland Flooding
$1.8M
Tornado
$289K
Earthquake
$179K
Strong Wind
$111K
Wildfire
$85K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Searcy 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

90%
10%
Volunteer: 90% (9)
Unreported: 10% (1)
Residents per Station
605
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
165.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Searcy 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 Searcy 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
Big Flat Volunteer Fire Department 9,110 $1.7M Very High 1
Marshall Volunteer Fire Department 7,859 $1.6M Very High 1
Oxley Volunteer Fire Department 6,983 $1.5M Very High 1
Ralph-Caney Rural Fire Department 6,314 $1.2M Very High 2
South Mountain Volunteer Fire Department 5,846 $1.2M Very High 1
Witts Springs Volunteer Fire Department 5,722 $1.1M Very High 1
Chimes Volunteer Fire Department - Station #1 5,979 $1.1M Relatively High 2
Welcome Home Fire Department 4,196 $883.9K Relatively High 0
Leslie Volunteer Fire Department 2,183 $465.3K Relatively High 1
Pg&S Volunteer Fire Department 2,013 $418.6K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

23.0%
Poverty Rate
25.6%
Age 65+
25.6%
Disability Rate
8.2%
Uninsured
43.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
18.6%
Mobile Homes
32.3%
Vacancy Rate
21.0%
Wood Heat
$42,570
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

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

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