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Butts County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 53.7 Relatively Moderate

26,496
Population
5
Departments
30
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
84th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.51
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
100th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
100th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$153
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
144th highest of 159

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 Butts County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 49% of the life-safety total.

Butts County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Butts County ranks 2376th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2526th for life safety per 100k residents, 2447th for property loss, and 3090th 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

67%
30%
Property (buildings): $4.1M (66.9%)
Life safety: $1.8M (30.3%)
Agriculture: $170K (2.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,066,838 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)

Strong Wind
$901K
Tornado
$382K
Heat Wave
$235K
Cold Wave
$156K
Lightning
$69K
Earthquake
$47K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.0M
Tornado
$481K
Earthquake
$164K
Hail
$134K
Strong Wind
$93K
Ice Storm
$60K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Butts 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

20%
60%
20%
Career: 20% (1)
Combination: 60% (3)
Unreported: 20% (1)
Residents per Station
883
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
113.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Butts County, GA. 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 Butts 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
Henry County Fire Department 222,812 $9.6M Relatively Low 17
Spalding County Fire Department 50,942 $2.1M Relatively Low 6
Jackson Fire Department 26,496 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Butts County Fire Department 9,180 $624.5K Relatively Moderate 5
Flovilla Fire Department 8,830 $600.7K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.4%
Poverty Rate
15.8%
Age 65+
15.4%
Disability Rate
12.3%
Uninsured
27.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.1%
Mobile Homes
8.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$68,304
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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