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Goodhue County, MN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.7 Relatively High

47,943
Population
9
Departments
10
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.43
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 87
Life Safety per 100k
0.90
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
53rd highest of 87
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$19.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 87
Property Loss per Resident
$400
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
38th highest of 87

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 Goodhue County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 43% of the life-safety total.

Goodhue County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $19.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 87 Minnesota counties. Nationally, Goodhue County ranks 1205th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1904th for life safety per 100k residents, 923rd for property loss, and 1225th 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 Goodhue 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 Goodhue County.

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Loss Breakdown

73%
23%
Property (buildings): $19.2M (73.1%)
Life safety: $5.9M (22.5%)
Agriculture: $1.2M (4.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $26,233,634 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
$2.5M
Cold Wave
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$736K
Heat Wave
$392K
Inland Flooding
$205K
Lightning
$182K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.7M
Tornado
$2.4M
Strong Wind
$1.8M
Hail
$1.2M
Lightning
$34K
Winter Weather
$19K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Goodhue 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

11%
11%
78%
Combination: 11% (1)
Volunteer: 11% (1)
Unreported: 78% (7)
Residents per Station
4,794
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
20.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Goodhue County, MN. 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 Goodhue 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 9 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Pine Island Fire & Rescue 13,785 $2.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Red Wing Fire Department 17,156 $2.0M Relatively High 2
Lake City Fire Department 15,910 $1.8M Very High 1
Goodhue Fire & Rescue 7,816 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Zumbrota Volunteer Fire Department 6,600 $764.4K Very High 1
Kenyon Fire Department 3,780 $469.5K Relatively Moderate 1
West Concord Fire Department 2,196 $261.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Miesville Volunteer Fire Department 1,431 $168.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Wanamingo Fire & Rescue 1,305 $151.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.3%
Poverty Rate
20.6%
Age 65+
11.5%
Disability Rate
5.9%
Uninsured
59.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.9%
Mobile Homes
6.8%
Vacancy Rate
2.5%
Wood Heat
$86,833
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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