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Carroll County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.4 Relatively High

15,576
Population
12
Departments
14
Stations
6
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
0.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
88th highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
1.00
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
94th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
67th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$454
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
46th highest of 102

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 Carroll County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 50% of the life-safety total.

Carroll County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Carroll County ranks 2236th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1728th for life safety per 100k residents, 1880th for property loss, and 1011th 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

65%
20%
15%
Property (buildings): $7.1M (65.2%)
Life safety: $2.1M (19.7%)
Agriculture: $1.6M (15.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,848,406 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 15% of expected annual loss in Carroll 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)

Cold Wave
$1.1M
Tornado
$527K
Strong Wind
$244K
Heat Wave
$167K
Lightning
$47K
Winter Weather
$25K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.0M
Tornado
$821K
Strong Wind
$681K
Hail
$448K
Earthquake
$65K
Ice Storm
$40K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Carroll 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

17%
83%
Combination: 17% (2)
Volunteer: 83% (10)
Residents per Station
1,113
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
89.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Carroll County, IL. 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 Carroll 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 12 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department 24,272 $5.2M Relatively High 2
Bellmont Volunteer Fire Protection District 15,642 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Mount Carmel Fire Department 15,642 $3.0M Relatively High 2
Mount Carroll Fire Protection District 15,642 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Wenona Fire Department 15,642 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Lanark Fire Department 9,946 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Milledgeville Fire Protection District 8,017 $999.4K Relatively High 1
Thomson Fire Protection District 7,496 $996.1K Relatively High 1
Savanna Fire Department 4,873 $696.6K Relatively High 1
Chadwick Fire Protection District 4,548 $610.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Miles Volunter Fire Department 3,209 $482.8K Relatively High 1
Sabula Volunteer Fire Department 3,209 $482.8K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.2%
Poverty Rate
24.2%
Age 65+
16.2%
Disability Rate
5.8%
Uninsured
71.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.3%
Mobile Homes
19.8%
Vacancy Rate
1.9%
Wood Heat
$64,249
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
9
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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