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Walton County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 36.7 Relatively Low

103,313
Population
5
Departments
54
Stations
20
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
0.33
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
150th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
34th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$162
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
133rd 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 Walton County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 34% of the life-safety total.

Walton County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Walton County ranks 1413th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2941st for life safety per 100k residents, 1037th for property loss, and 3043rd 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

78%
21%
Property (buildings): $16.7M (77.7%)
Life safety: $4.6M (21.2%)
Agriculture: $235K (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $21,524,078 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)

Tornado
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$826K
Heat Wave
$711K
Lightning
$538K
Cold Wave
$454K
Earthquake
$261K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$12.7M
Tornado
$1.9M
Earthquake
$825K
Hail
$578K
Ice Storm
$302K
Strong Wind
$218K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Walton 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

100%
Career: 100% (5)
Residents per Station
1,913
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
52.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Walton 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 Walton 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
Gwinnett County Department Of Fire & Emergency Services 967,463 $30.7M Relatively Low 32
Walton County Fire Rescue Department 87,704 $3.9M Relatively Low 18
City Of Monroe Fire Department 12,974 $623.6K Relatively Low 1
City Of Social Circle Fire Department 14,788 $597.0K Relatively Low 2
Loganville Fire Department 8,736 $330.3K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.9%
Poverty Rate
16.3%
Age 65+
14.4%
Disability Rate
10.7%
Uninsured
22.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.3%
Mobile Homes
4.6%
Vacancy Rate
1.1%
Wood Heat
$85,602
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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