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Grayson County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 54.2 Relatively Moderate

26,707
Population
7
Departments
10
Stations
9
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
0.23
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
61st highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
0.86
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
103rd highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$306
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
79th 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 Grayson County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 34% of the life-safety total.

Grayson County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Grayson County ranks 1789th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1965th for life safety per 100k residents, 1738th for property loss, and 1803rd 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

71%
28%
Property (buildings): $8.2M (71.3%)
Life safety: $3.1M (27.5%)
Agriculture: $139K (1.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,449,424 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)

Tornado
$1.1M
Cold Wave
$708K
Strong Wind
$566K
Heat Wave
$368K
Lightning
$155K
Earthquake
$123K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.0M
Hail
$984K
Tornado
$980K
Earthquake
$522K
Strong Wind
$382K
Ice Storm
$265K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Grayson 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

29%
71%
Combination: 29% (2)
Volunteer: 71% (5)
Residents per Station
2,671
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
37.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Grayson 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 Grayson 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 7 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Leitchfield Fire And Rescue 14,533 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 2
East Grayson County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department 9,016 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Clarkson Fire & Rescue Department 6,605 $856.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Wax Fire & Rescue 5,900 $692.7K Relatively Low 3
Anneta Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department #792 5,133 $597.2K Relatively Low 0
Caneyville Volunteer Fire Department 3,901 $455.8K Very High 1
Falls Of Rough Volunteer Fire Department 2,405 $287.6K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

20.1%
Poverty Rate
18.1%
Age 65+
21.1%
Disability Rate
8.0%
Uninsured
40.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.4%
Mobile Homes
24.2%
Vacancy Rate
5.2%
Wood Heat
$51,209
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
24
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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