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Calhoun County, FL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 86.1 Very High

13,492
Population
5
Departments
5
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
1.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
2nd highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
58th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$577
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
13th highest of 67

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Calhoun County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 36% of the life-safety total.

Calhoun County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Florida counties. Nationally, Calhoun County ranks 2088th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1230th for life safety per 100k residents, 1785th for property loss, and 640th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Calhoun County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Calhoun County.

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Loss Breakdown

73%
23%
Property (buildings): $7.8M (73.3%)
Life safety: $2.4M (23.0%)
Agriculture: $389K (3.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,624,503 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)

Tornado
$872K
Strong Wind
$484K
Cold Wave
$463K
Lightning
$275K
Heat Wave
$192K
Hurricane
$122K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$4.6M
Inland Flooding
$2.8M
Tornado
$284K
Strong Wind
$57K
Wildfire
$54K
Earthquake
$31K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Calhoun 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%
Volunteer: 100% (5)
Residents per Station
2,698
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
37.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Calhoun County, FL. 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 Calhoun 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 ▲
Mossy Pond Volunteer Fire Department 10,452 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Westside Volunteer Fire Department 3,243 $540.2K Very High 1
Nettle Ridge Volunteer Fire Department 1,475 $300.6K Relatively High 1
Carr / Clarksville Fire Department 1,336 $250.1K Very High 1
Scotts Ferry Volunteer Fire Department 322 $48.2K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

20.7%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
24.8%
Disability Rate
17.6%
Uninsured
40.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
34.3%
Mobile Homes
18.4%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$48,750
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

20
Last 10 Years
30
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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