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Doniphan County, KS

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 71.8 Relatively High

7,503
Population
2
Departments
2
Stations
3
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
0.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
57th highest of 105
Life Safety per 100k
1.66
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
49th highest of 105
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
61st highest of 105
Property Loss per Resident
$468
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
50th highest of 105

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 Doniphan County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 41% of the life-safety total.

Doniphan County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 105 Kansas counties. Nationally, Doniphan County ranks 2443rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 869th for life safety per 100k residents, 2589th for property loss, and 968th 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

58%
28%
14%
Property (buildings): $3.5M (57.7%)
Life safety: $1.7M (28.0%)
Agriculture: $864K (14.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,078,022 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 14% of expected annual loss in Doniphan 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)

Tornado
$695K
Cold Wave
$501K
Heat Wave
$265K
Strong Wind
$84K
Lightning
$57K
Ice Storm
$49K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.1M
Tornado
$979K
Hail
$270K
Strong Wind
$74K
Wildfire
$52K
Earthquake
$24K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Doniphan 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%
Combination: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
3,752
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
26.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Doniphan County, KS. 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 Doniphan 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Doniphan Company Rural Fire District #4 3,189 $757.1K Very High 1
Doniphan County Rural Fire District # 2 2,095 $465.5K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.6%
Poverty Rate
20.2%
Age 65+
14.6%
Disability Rate
6.4%
Uninsured
64.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.4%
Mobile Homes
19.2%
Vacancy Rate
4.0%
Wood Heat
$78,300
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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