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Lawrence County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 84.8 Very High

15,031
Population
4
Departments
9
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.19
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
82nd highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
1.24
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
74th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$608
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
17th 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 Lawrence County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 39% of the life-safety total.

Lawrence County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Lawrence County ranks 2043rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1349th for life safety per 100k residents, 1607th for property loss, and 576th 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

67%
19%
15%
Property (buildings): $9.1M (66.8%)
Life safety: $2.6M (18.7%)
Agriculture: $2.0M (14.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $13,681,365 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 Lawrence 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)

Earthquake
$990K
Tornado
$483K
Heat Wave
$448K
Cold Wave
$385K
Lightning
$88K
Strong Wind
$72K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.8M
Earthquake
$1.6M
Tornado
$452K
Strong Wind
$214K
Hail
$96K
Ice Storm
$28K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lawrence 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%
Volunteer: 100% (4)
Residents per Station
1,670
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
59.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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
Lawrence Allison Fire Protection District 12,669 $2.1M Very High 4
Christy Fire Protection District 10,756 $1.7M Very High 2
Bridgeport Fire Protection District 5,634 $886.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Denison Fire Protection District 5,155 $689.5K Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

14.5%
Poverty Rate
18.5%
Age 65+
20.2%
Disability Rate
6.6%
Uninsured
72.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.7%
Mobile Homes
14.6%
Vacancy Rate
0.7%
Wood Heat
$60,687
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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