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Mitchell County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 82.1 Very High

21,058
Population
0
Departments
0
Stations
7
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
0.26
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
1.25
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
9th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
59th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$376
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
21st 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 Mitchell County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 64% of the life-safety total.

Mitchell County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Mitchell County ranks 1659th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1339th for life safety per 100k residents, 1768th for property loss, and 1344th 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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County.

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Loss Breakdown

51%
23%
25%
Property (buildings): $7.9M (51.3%)
Life safety: $3.6M (23.3%)
Agriculture: $3.9M (25.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $15,458,378 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 25% of expected annual loss in Mitchell 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)

Tornado
$2.3M
Cold Wave
$415K
Strong Wind
$242K
Heat Wave
$231K
Lightning
$230K
Hurricane
$67K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.6M
Hurricane
$2.5M
Tornado
$573K
Earthquake
$113K
Strong Wind
$67K
Wildfire
$40K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Mitchell 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

No departments registered in NERIS Public for Mitchell County, GA.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Mitchell 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.

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Risk Snapshot

23.4%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
21.8%
Disability Rate
17.9%
Uninsured
53.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
20.8%
Mobile Homes
13.5%
Vacancy Rate
1.0%
Wood Heat
$56,393
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

0
Last 10 Years
0
Last 25 Years
None
Most Frequent

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