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Estill County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 69.0 Relatively High

14,035
Population
5
Departments
5
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.14
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
94th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
1.00
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
79th highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$498
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
30th highest of 120

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Estill County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 30% of the life-safety total.

Estill County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Estill County ranks 2339th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1723rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1902nd for property loss, and 865th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Estill County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Estill County.

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Loss Breakdown

78%
22%
Property (buildings): $7.0M (78.1%)
Life safety: $1.9M (21.6%)
Agriculture: $28K (0.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,949,375 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)

Inland Flooding
$586K
Cold Wave
$458K
Tornado
$359K
Strong Wind
$180K
Heat Wave
$119K
Lightning
$119K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.4M
Tornado
$169K
Strong Wind
$163K
Hail
$107K
Earthquake
$60K
Wildfire
$18K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Estill 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

60%
40%
Combination: 60% (3)
Volunteer: 40% (2)
Residents per Station
2,807
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Estill 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 Estill 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 ▲
City Of Mckee Volunteer Fire Department 23,461 $3.1M Relatively High 2
Cobb Hill Volunteer Fire Department 14,035 $1.9M Relatively High 0
Estill County Fire Department 14,035 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Irvine Volunteer Fire Department 4,039 $600.9K Very High 1
Ravenna Fire Department -- -- Insufficient Data 1
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Risk Snapshot

20.7%
Poverty Rate
19.6%
Age 65+
24.7%
Disability Rate
6.3%
Uninsured
47.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
22.5%
Mobile Homes
13.0%
Vacancy Rate
7.9%
Wood Heat
$47,070
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

15
Last 10 Years
31
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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