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Keokuk County, IA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 69.0 Relatively High

9,924
Population
11
Departments
9
Stations
4
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
0.09
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
94th highest of 99
Life Safety per 100k
0.93
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
72nd highest of 99
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 99
Property Loss per Resident
$551
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
17th highest of 99

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 Keokuk County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 38% of the life-safety total.

Keokuk County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 99 Iowa counties. Nationally, Keokuk County ranks 2677th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1862nd for life safety per 100k residents, 2151st for property loss, and 699th 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

61%
14%
25%
Property (buildings): $5.5M (61.2%)
Life safety: $1.3M (14.1%)
Agriculture: $2.2M (24.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,940,958 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 Keokuk 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)

Heat Wave
$474K
Tornado
$256K
Strong Wind
$231K
Lightning
$109K
Cold Wave
$96K
Inland Flooding
$26K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.5M
Tornado
$831K
Strong Wind
$513K
Hail
$475K
Wildfire
$35K
Earthquake
$31K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Keokuk 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

73%
27%
Volunteer: 73% (8)
Unreported: 27% (3)
Residents per Station
1,103
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
90.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Keokuk County, IA. 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 Keokuk 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Oskaloosa Fire Department 27,660 $3.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Sigourney Fire Department Inc. 9,924 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Delta Fire/Rescue 7,621 $973.5K Relatively High 0
North English Fire District 5,570 $666.2K Relatively High 1
Jackson Township-Ollie Fire Department 4,890 $632.4K Relatively High 0
Keota Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 4,890 $632.4K Relatively High 1
Richland Volunteer Fire Department 4,890 $632.4K Relatively High 1
North Keokuk County Fire Department 4,830 $587.6K Relatively High 1
Hedrick Volunteer Fire Department 2,587 $347.8K Relatively High 1
Keswick Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 2,527 $303.0K Very High 1
What Cheer Fire Department 2,527 $303.0K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.1%
Poverty Rate
22.5%
Age 65+
16.0%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
80.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.0%
Mobile Homes
12.5%
Vacancy Rate
3.7%
Wood Heat
$65,036
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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