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Power County, ID

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 92.0 Very High

8,133
Population
4
Departments
21
Stations
2
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
0.30
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 44
Life Safety per 100k
3.63
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
11th highest of 44
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
38th highest of 44
Property Loss per Resident
$347
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
29th highest of 44

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 Power County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 85% of the life-safety total.

Power County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 44 Idaho counties. Nationally, Power County ranks 1534th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 212th for life safety per 100k residents, 2744th for property loss, and 1532nd 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

40%
57%
Property (buildings): $2.8M (40.0%)
Life safety: $4.0M (57.4%)
Agriculture: $190K (2.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,052,539 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)

Cold Wave
$3.4M
Heat Wave
$236K
Winter Weather
$143K
Earthquake
$89K
Lightning
$74K
Wildfire
$37K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$1.2M
Inland Flooding
$1.1M
Earthquake
$361K
Strong Wind
$33K
Hail
$22K
Tornado
$18K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Power 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% (2)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
387
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
258.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Power 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 Power 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Pocatello Fire Department 51,777 $7.8M Relatively Moderate 16
American Falls Fire Department 8,133 $4.0M Very High 2
Rockland Rural Fire District 8,133 $4.0M Very High 1
Fort Hall Fire & EMS District 1,650 $672.0K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

9.5%
Poverty Rate
17.0%
Age 65+
16.5%
Disability Rate
14.9%
Uninsured
64.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
20.6%
Mobile Homes
5.1%
Vacancy Rate
5.2%
Wood Heat
$62,798
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
3
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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