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Spalding County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 28.5 Relatively Low

68,892
Population
2
Departments
9
Stations
17
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
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
65th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.30
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
155th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$156
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
140th 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 Spalding County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 31% of the life-safety total.

Spalding County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Spalding County ranks 1939th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3006th for life safety per 100k residents, 1449th for property loss, and 3075th 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 Spalding 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 Spalding County.

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Loss Breakdown

78%
20%
Property (buildings): $10.8M (78.4%)
Life safety: $2.8M (20.4%)
Agriculture: $167K (1.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $13,711,890 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
$856K
Tornado
$638K
Heat Wave
$515K
Lightning
$333K
Earthquake
$195K
Cold Wave
$118K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.9M
Tornado
$1.4M
Earthquake
$539K
Hail
$421K
Hurricane
$127K
Ice Storm
$109K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Spalding 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%
Career: 50% (1)
Combination: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
7,655
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
13.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Spalding 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 Spalding 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 ▲
Spalding County Fire Department 46,459 $1.8M Relatively Low 6
Griffin Fire Rescue 24,179 $987.5K Relatively Low 3
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Risk Snapshot

18.9%
Poverty Rate
19.1%
Age 65+
13.9%
Disability Rate
13.3%
Uninsured
42.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.0%
Mobile Homes
7.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.5%
Wood Heat
$61,665
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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