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Calloway County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 83.3 Very High

38,224
Population
5
Departments
17
Stations
11
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
0.88
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
13th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
2.30
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
11th highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
23rd highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$426
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
44th highest of 120

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 Calloway County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 46% of the life-safety total.

Calloway County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Calloway County ranks 665th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 492nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1059th for property loss, and 1109th 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

57%
42%
Property (buildings): $16.3M (56.5%)
Life safety: $12.0M (41.8%)
Agriculture: $477K (1.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $28,816,010 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)

Earthquake
$5.5M
Cold Wave
$2.7M
Tornado
$1.8M
Heat Wave
$893K
Lightning
$489K
Strong Wind
$292K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$7.9M
Inland Flooding
$5.4M
Tornado
$1.4M
Ice Storm
$762K
Hail
$339K
Strong Wind
$336K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Calloway 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

20%
80%
Career: 20% (1)
Volunteer: 80% (4)
Residents per Station
2,248
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
44.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Calloway County, KY. 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 Calloway 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Farmington Volunteer Fire Department 31,692 $14.1M Very High 0
Lowes Fire Department 31,692 $14.1M Very High 1
Calloway County Fire-Rescue, Inc. 38,224 $12.0M Very High 13
Hazel Fire Department 38,224 $12.0M Very High 1
Murray Fire Department 18,178 $7.1M Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

17.2%
Poverty Rate
16.9%
Age 65+
16.7%
Disability Rate
7.5%
Uninsured
46.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.2%
Mobile Homes
15.8%
Vacancy Rate
1.0%
Wood Heat
$56,184
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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