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Teller County, CO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 68.6 Relatively High

24,825
Population
12
Departments
33
Stations
8
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
0.19
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
39th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
0.78
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
46th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$14.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
18th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$570
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
21st 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 Teller County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 44% of the life-safety total.

Teller County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $14.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Colorado counties. Nationally, Teller County ranks 2001st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2123rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1179th for property loss, and 655th 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

84%
16%
Property (buildings): $14.2M (84.1%)
Life safety: $2.6M (15.7%)
Agriculture: $29K (0.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,818,548 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
$1.2M
Wildfire
$618K
Tornado
$318K
Winter Weather
$193K
Landslide
$99K
Strong Wind
$90K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$10.0M
Inland Flooding
$2.6M
Hail
$1.1M
Tornado
$303K
Strong Wind
$59K
Earthquake
$47K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Teller 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

8%
50%
42%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 50% (6)
Volunteer: 42% (5)
Residents per Station
752
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
132.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Teller 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 Teller 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 12 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Livermore Fire Protection District 6,207 $6.6M Very High 2
El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Wildland Fire Division 12,126 $3.0M Very High 1
Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District 19,308 $2.6M Relatively High 3
Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park Fire Department 8,138 $1.9M Relatively High 2
Divide Fire Protection District 14,715 $1.6M Relatively High 2
Florissant Fire Rescue 11,306 $1.2M Relatively High 3
Four Mile Fire Protection District 7,890 $897.7K Relatively High 4
North-West Fire Protection District 8,374 $859.1K Relatively Moderate 3
Tallahassee Fire Protection District 6,995 $625.8K Relatively Moderate 5
Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services 5,568 $624.6K Relatively High 1
Victor City Volunteer Fire Department 5,568 $624.6K Relatively High 1
Mountain Communities Volunteer Fire Department 4,034 $438.0K Relatively High 6
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Risk Snapshot

7.6%
Poverty Rate
25.1%
Age 65+
12.4%
Disability Rate
6.9%
Uninsured
31.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.9%
Mobile Homes
13.3%
Vacancy Rate
7.9%
Wood Heat
$86,184
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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