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Scott County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 39.6 Relatively Low

59,536
Population
4
Departments
14
Stations
19
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
0.54
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
0.90
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
93rd highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
30th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$220
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
110th 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 Scott County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 37% of the life-safety total.

Scott County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Scott County ranks 1005th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1896th for life safety per 100k residents, 1262nd for property loss, and 2605th 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 Scott 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 Scott County.

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Loss Breakdown

63%
36%
Property (buildings): $13.1M (63.5%)
Life safety: $7.4M (35.8%)
Agriculture: $148K (0.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,610,583 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
$2.8M
Strong Wind
$1.8M
Cold Wave
$1.1M
Lightning
$564K
Heat Wave
$408K
Earthquake
$390K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$9.2M
Tornado
$1.7M
Earthquake
$904K
Strong Wind
$760K
Hail
$273K
Ice Storm
$116K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Scott 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%
Career: 50% (2)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
4,253
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
23.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Scott 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 Scott 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Georgetown Fire & Rescue 40,200 $5.1M Relatively Low 5
Scott County Fire Department 34,637 $4.2M Relatively Moderate 8
Stamping Ground City Fire Department 34,637 $4.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Stamping Ground Rural Fire Department 34,637 $4.2M Relatively Moderate 0
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Risk Snapshot

10.6%
Poverty Rate
13.4%
Age 65+
15.2%
Disability Rate
4.9%
Uninsured
22.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.4%
Mobile Homes
4.6%
Vacancy Rate
0.7%
Wood Heat
$93,019
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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