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Navajo County, AZ

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 47.9 Relatively Moderate

108,415
Population
13
Departments
25
Stations
37
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
0.54
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 15
Life Safety per 100k
0.50
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
12th highest of 15
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$32.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 15
Property Loss per Resident
$299
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
10th highest of 15

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 Navajo County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 46% of the life-safety total.

Navajo County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $32.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 15 Arizona counties. Nationally, Navajo County ranks 1001st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2540th for life safety per 100k residents, 554th for property loss, and 1852nd 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

81%
19%
Property (buildings): $32.5M (81.2%)
Life safety: $7.4M (18.6%)
Agriculture: $109K (0.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $39,986,992 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)

Lightning
$3.4M
Cold Wave
$1.4M
Inland Flooding
$666K
Wildfire
$619K
Winter Weather
$515K
Heat Wave
$279K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$19.8M
Wildfire
$11.7M
Earthquake
$825K
Hail
$61K
Landslide
$28K
Tornado
$13K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Navajo 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

15%
31%
38%
15%
Career: 15% (2)
Combination: 31% (4)
Volunteer: 38% (5)
Unreported: 15% (2)
Residents per Station
4,337
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
23.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Navajo County, AZ. 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 Navajo 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Timber Mesa Fire & Medical District 27,570 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 7
Bureau Of Indian Affairs Fire Department 17,831 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 0
Hopi Agency Fire Rescue 17,831 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 0
White Mountain Apache Fire & Rescue Department 21,147 $2.0M Very High 3
Vernon Fire District 20,768 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Winslow Fire Department 12,043 $976.4K Relatively Moderate 3
Taylor Snowflake Fire & Medical Department 13,293 $654.3K Relatively Low 3
Pinetop Fire District 6,009 $520.1K Relatively Moderate 2
HEBER/OVERGAARD FIRE DISTRICT 5,897 $518.2K Relatively High 1
Holbrook Volunteer Fire Department 9,593 $408.7K Relatively Low 1
Clay Springs/Pinedale Volunteer Fire Department 4,072 $389.6K Relatively Moderate 2
Joseph City Fire District 4,591 $171.2K Relatively Low 1
Woodruff Fire District 3,176 $159.6K Relatively High 0
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Risk Snapshot

24.7%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
17.5%
Disability Rate
15.9%
Uninsured
33.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
19.1%
Mobile Homes
30.0%
Vacancy Rate
31.8%
Wood Heat
$53,271
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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