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Payette County, ID

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 60.3 Relatively High

26,771
Population
3
Departments
4
Stations
5
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
0.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
37th highest of 44
Life Safety per 100k
0.28
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
40th highest of 44
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 44
Property Loss per Resident
$257
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
35th highest of 44

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 Payette County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 39% of the life-safety total.

Payette County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 44 Idaho counties. Nationally, Payette County ranks 2801st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3034th for life safety per 100k residents, 1921st for property loss, and 2242nd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

86%
13%
Property (buildings): $6.9M (86.0%)
Life safety: $1.0M (12.8%)
Agriculture: $91K (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,992,839 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
$400K
Strong Wind
$126K
Winter Weather
$103K
Earthquake
$92K
Wildfire
$92K
Lightning
$89K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.8M
Wildfire
$1.6M
Earthquake
$365K
Hail
$65K
Tornado
$20K
Strong Wind
$7K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Payette 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

67%
33%
Combination: 67% (2)
Volunteer: 33% (1)
Residents per Station
6,693
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
14.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Payette County, ID. 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 Payette 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 3 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Ontario Rural Fire Protection District #7-302 26,677 $1.0M Relatively High 0
Payette City Fire Departmemt 22,553 $912.3K Relatively High 3
New Plymouth Fire Department 21,715 $857.8K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.2%
Poverty Rate
19.8%
Age 65+
18.0%
Disability Rate
7.1%
Uninsured
53.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
15.1%
Mobile Homes
4.4%
Vacancy Rate
8.1%
Wood Heat
$68,614
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
4
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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