Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
County Rankings
Counties in Colorado ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
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 and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle County | 55,135 | 5 | $99.2M | Very High |
| Summit County | 31,017 | 1 | $98.9M | Very High |
| Larimer County | 367,368 | 16 | $84.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pitkin County | 16,985 | 1 | $69.6M | Very High |
| El Paso County | 742,999 | 26 | $49.2M | Relatively Low |
| Jefferson County | 579,377 | 15 | $39.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Adams County | 530,225 | 9 | $38.7M | Relatively Low |
| Boulder County | 328,961 | 20 | $38.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Denver County | 718,877 | 1 | $32.5M | Relatively Low |
| Clear Creek County | 9,262 | 5 | $32.4M | Very High |
| Weld County | 350,396 | 18 | $30.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Gunnison County | 17,241 | 7 | $29.8M | Relatively High |
| Grand County | 15,895 | 8 | $29.4M | Very High |
| Garfield County | 62,479 | 2 | $26.6M | Very High |
| Arapahoe County | 659,844 | 7 | $25.8M | Relatively Low |
| La Plata County | 56,331 | 1 | $23.7M | Very High |
| Chaffee County | 20,178 | 8 | $20.5M | Very High |
| Douglas County | 377,150 | 7 | $20.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pueblo County | 169,356 | 12 | $18.0M | Relatively Low |
| Mesa County | 158,601 | 5 | $15.6M | Relatively Low |
| San Miguel County | 7,968 | 2 | $14.8M | Very High |
| Routt County | 25,084 | 6 | $9.6M | Relatively High |
| Ouray County | 5,087 | 7 | $8.3M | Very High |
| Montezuma County | 26,412 | 6 | $7.8M | Relatively High |
| Logan County | 20,892 | 5 | $6.2M | Very High |
| San Juan County | 724 | 0 | $6.0M | Very High |
| Broomfield County | 76,304 | 1 | $5.3M | Very Low |
| Fremont County | 49,634 | 9 | $5.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Rio Blanco County | 6,544 | 3 | $5.1M | Very High |
| Morgan County | 29,520 | 8 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| Montrose County | 43,807 | 6 | $4.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Jackson County | 1,372 | 1 | $4.0M | Very High |
| Yuma County | 9,979 | 9 | $3.3M | Very High |
| Delta County | 31,598 | 4 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Otero County | 18,321 | 5 | $3.0M | Relatively High |
| Mineral County | 729 | 2 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Conejos County | 7,530 | 1 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Dolores County | 2,432 | 5 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Teller County | 24,825 | 12 | $2.6M | Relatively High |
| Elbert County | 27,874 | 8 | $2.6M | Relatively High |
| Lake County | 7,380 | 1 | $2.6M | Relatively Low |
| Saguache County | 6,580 | 11 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Kit Carson County | 7,023 | 9 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Rio Grande County | 11,321 | 6 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Park County | 17,907 | 8 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Prowers County | 11,910 | 3 | $2.0M | Very High |
| Alamosa County | 16,581 | 5 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| Las Animas County | 14,413 | 11 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Phillips County | 4,496 | 3 | $1.3M | Very High |
| Bent County | 5,549 | 3 | $1.3M | Relatively High |
| Custer County | 5,247 | 2 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Washington County | 4,831 | 5 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Lincoln County | 5,550 | 6 | $884.1K | Relatively High |
| Baca County | 3,428 | 5 | $882.6K | Very High |
| Crowley County | 5,647 | 6 | $867.5K | Relatively Moderate |
| Moffat County | 13,207 | 4 | $748.3K | Relatively Moderate |
| Archuleta County | 13,900 | 2 | $745.9K | Relatively High |
| Gilpin County | 5,901 | 4 | $730.5K | Relatively High |
| Sedgwick County | 2,304 | 3 | $590.7K | Very High |
| Huerfano County | 6,972 | 5 | $578.8K | Relatively High |
| Cheyenne County | 1,741 | 2 | $519.5K | Very High |
| Hinsdale County | 1,005 | 0 | $370.5K | Relatively Moderate |
| Kiowa County | 1,376 | 0 | $337.1K | Very High |
| Costilla County | 3,607 | 2 | $268.4K | Relatively Moderate |
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