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Las Animas County, CO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 47.4 Relatively Moderate

14,413
Population
11
Departments
33
Stations
6
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
0.11
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
0.79
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
44th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
37th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$364
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
42nd 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 Las Animas County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 36% of the life-safety total.

Las Animas County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Colorado counties. Nationally, Las Animas County ranks 2520th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2097th for life safety per 100k residents, 2197th for property loss, and 1415th 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

75%
22%
Property (buildings): $5.2M (74.7%)
Life safety: $1.6M (22.2%)
Agriculture: $217K (3.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,027,260 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)

Cold Wave
$555K
Lightning
$379K
Avalanche
$228K
Winter Weather
$156K
Heat Wave
$85K
Wildfire
$61K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.6M
Wildfire
$1.5M
Hail
$91K
Tornado
$49K
Earthquake
$36K
Winter Weather
$16K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Las Animas 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

9%
91%
Career: 9% (1)
Volunteer: 91% (10)
Residents per Station
437
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
229.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fisher's Peak Fire Protection District 13,189 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 3
Trinidad Fire Department 13,177 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 4
Pritchett Volunteer Fire Department 6,070 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Hoehne Fire Protection District 9,591 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Spanish Peaks Bon Carbo Fire Protection District 8,233 $931.6K Relatively High 4
Folsom Volunteer Fire Department 6,655 $746.6K Relatively High 2
Rabbit Ear Volunteer Fire Department 6,655 $746.6K Relatively High 5
Kim Area Volunteer Fire Department 4,005 $680.5K Relatively High 1
Stonewall Fire Protection District 5,591 $645.0K Relatively High 9
Huerfano County Fire Protection District 6,972 $578.8K Relatively High 1
Cokedale Volunteer Fire Department 2,571 $262.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

18.7%
Poverty Rate
26.0%
Age 65+
21.6%
Disability Rate
8.4%
Uninsured
59.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.6%
Mobile Homes
20.3%
Vacancy Rate
9.5%
Wood Heat
$55,090
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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