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Clear Creek County, CO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.1 Very High

9,262
Population
5
Departments
35
Stations
4
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
2.37
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
25.54
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
4th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$11.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$1,272
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
3rd highest of 64

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 Clear Creek County, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 97% of the life-safety total.

Clear Creek County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $11.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Colorado counties. Nationally, Clear Creek County ranks 239th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 11th for life safety per 100k residents, 1360th for property loss, and 64th 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

27%
73%
Property (buildings): $11.8M (26.7%)
Life safety: $32.4M (73.3%)
Agriculture: $1K (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $44,190,011 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)

Avalanche
$31.4M
Lightning
$636K
Wildfire
$141K
Tornado
$70K
Strong Wind
$59K
Landslide
$49K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.8M
Wildfire
$3.7M
Hail
$928K
Tornado
$230K
Earthquake
$57K
Strong Wind
$47K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clear Creek 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

100%
Combination: 100% (5)
Residents per Station
265
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
377.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clear Creek County, CO. 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 Clear Creek 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Clear Creek Fire Authority 9,262 $32.4M Very High 9
Falcon Fire Protection District 118,510 $23.8M Relatively Moderate 10
East Grand Fire Protection District #4 9,595 $22.8M Very High 4
Evergreen Fire/ Rescue 34,159 $19.7M Very High 8
Central City Fire Department 4,577 $16.1M Very High 4
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Risk Snapshot

6.4%
Poverty Rate
22.7%
Age 65+
12.4%
Disability Rate
5.7%
Uninsured
57.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.5%
Mobile Homes
19.6%
Vacancy Rate
3.6%
Wood Heat
$108,424
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
7
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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