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Jones County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 20.0 Relatively Low

28,673
Population
2
Departments
9
Stations
9
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
0.11
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
98th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.40
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
136th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
101st highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$140
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
156th highest of 159

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 Jones County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 41% of the life-safety total.

Jones County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Jones County ranks 2515th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2761st for life safety per 100k residents, 2460th for property loss, and 3135th 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 Jones 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 Jones County.

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Loss Breakdown

70%
27%
Property (buildings): $4.0M (70.3%)
Life safety: $1.6M (27.5%)
Agriculture: $129K (2.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,713,965 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)

Heat Wave
$650K
Tornado
$355K
Strong Wind
$182K
Cold Wave
$135K
Hail
$91K
Earthquake
$61K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.0M
Tornado
$427K
Hurricane
$218K
Earthquake
$148K
Hail
$85K
Wildfire
$65K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Jones 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

50%
50%
Combination: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
3,186
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
31.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Jones 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 Jones 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 2 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
City Of Gray Fire Department 22,693 $1.2M Very Low 1
Jones County Fire Department 21,138 $1.1M Very Low 8
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Risk Snapshot

12.1%
Poverty Rate
18.0%
Age 65+
16.5%
Disability Rate
8.6%
Uninsured
30.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.9%
Mobile Homes
9.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$77,468
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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