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Madison County, FL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 76.4 Relatively High

18,089
Population
4
Departments
4
Stations
5
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
0.14
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
56th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.80
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
14th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
59th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$418
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
30th 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 Madison County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 24% of the life-safety total.

Madison County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Florida counties. Nationally, Madison County ranks 2308th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2083rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1816th for property loss, and 1149th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Madison 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 Madison County.

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Loss Breakdown

70%
18%
11%
Property (buildings): $7.6M (70.3%)
Life safety: $2.0M (18.5%)
Agriculture: $1.2M (11.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,745,562 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.

Agriculture is 11% of expected annual loss in Madison County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$468K
Tornado
$407K
Inland Flooding
$355K
Lightning
$245K
Heat Wave
$206K
Hurricane
$163K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$4.8M
Inland Flooding
$2.4M
Tornado
$156K
Wildfire
$65K
Earthquake
$44K
Lightning
$33K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Madison 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

25%
75%
Career: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 75% (3)
Residents per Station
4,522
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
22.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Madison 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 Madison 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Greenville Volunteer Fire Department 3,423 $479.0K Very High 1
Lee Community Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 4,176 $419.5K Relatively High 1
Cherry Lake Fire & Rescue, Inc. 2,725 $326.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Madison Fire Department 2,679 $267.1K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.0%
Poverty Rate
22.9%
Age 65+
18.8%
Disability Rate
12.3%
Uninsured
37.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
33.9%
Mobile Homes
17.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$45,967
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

21
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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