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Calaveras County, CA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 92.7 Very High

46,248
Population
15
Departments
37
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.27
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 58
Life Safety per 100k
0.57
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
44th highest of 58
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$45.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
42nd highest of 58
Property Loss per Resident
$981
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
13th highest of 58

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 Calaveras County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 45% of the life-safety total.

Calaveras County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $45.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Calaveras County ranks 1644th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2415th for life safety per 100k residents, 417th for property loss, and 132nd 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

85%
8%
Property (buildings): $45.4M (84.9%)
Life safety: $3.6M (6.8%)
Agriculture: $4.4M (8.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $53,439,615 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.

Agriculture is 8% of expected annual loss in Calaveras County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Heat Wave
$1.6M
Wildfire
$933K
Winter Weather
$378K
Lightning
$244K
Landslide
$199K
Earthquake
$140K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$29.2M
Inland Flooding
$15.1M
Earthquake
$957K
Strong Wind
$31K
Tornado
$31K
Winter Weather
$16K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Calaveras 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

60%
33%
Career: 7% (1)
Combination: 60% (9)
Volunteer: 33% (5)
Residents per Station
1,250
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
80.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Calaveras County, CA. 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 Calaveras 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 15 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Amador Fire Protection District 41,428 $15.9M Very High 11
Camptonville Fire Department 170,124 $15.4M Relatively High 1
Sierra Conservation Center Fire Department 53,935 $6.4M Very High 1
Usda Forest Service Summit R.D. 53,935 $6.4M Very High 0
Jackson Valley Fire Protection District 15,682 $2.8M Very High 2
Central Calaveras Fire & Rescue Protection District 17,771 $1.6M Very High 5
San Andreas Fire Protection District 24,681 $1.6M Very High 1
Michael Johnson 15,419 $1.6M Very High 2
Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protection District 19,103 $1.3M Very High 0
Copperopolis Fire Protection District 15,921 $1.1M Very High 6
Altaville Melones Fire Protection District 12,499 $1.0M Very High 1
Murphys Fire Protection District 11,017 $935.1K Very High 2
Mokelumne Hill Fire Protection District 11,267 $685.6K Very High 1
West Point Fire District 4,947 $555.2K Very High 1
Angels Camp Volunteer Fire Department 4,480 $309.7K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

13.0%
Poverty Rate
29.2%
Age 65+
20.3%
Disability Rate
5.0%
Uninsured
34.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.3%
Mobile Homes
33.4%
Vacancy Rate
21.0%
Wood Heat
$82,922
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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