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Morgan County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 83.5 Very High

33,021
Population
6
Departments
7
Stations
10
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
1.06
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
3.22
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
10th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$11.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$337
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
67th 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 Morgan County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 68% of the life-safety total.

Morgan County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $11.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Morgan County ranks 559th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 273rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1409th for property loss, and 1588th 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

39%
51%
10%
Property (buildings): $11.1M (39.1%)
Life safety: $14.6M (51.2%)
Agriculture: $2.7M (9.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $28,464,681 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 10% of expected annual loss in Morgan 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
$10.0M
Heat Wave
$1.8M
Inland Flooding
$816K
Earthquake
$794K
Strong Wind
$698K
Lightning
$228K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$8.1M
Earthquake
$1.1M
Tornado
$1.0M
Strong Wind
$465K
Hail
$390K
Ice Storm
$71K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Morgan 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%
Career: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (5)
Residents per Station
4,717
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
21.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Morgan 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 Morgan 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Jacksonville Fire Department 12,059 $5.0M Very High 2
South Jacksonville Fire Department 9,793 $4.4M Relatively High 1
Alexander Fire Protection District 8,875 $4.1M Very High 1
Franklin Fire Protection District 1 6,399 $2.7M Relatively High 1
Waverly Fire Protection District 6,399 $2.7M Relatively High 1
Chapin Fire Department 4,907 $2.6M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.4%
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Age 65+
18.3%
Disability Rate
4.4%
Uninsured
72.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.8%
Mobile Homes
12.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$68,507
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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