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Mille Lacs County, MN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.0 Relatively Moderate

27,125
Population
7
Departments
10
Stations
7
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
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
53rd highest of 87
Life Safety per 100k
0.73
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
65th highest of 87
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 87
Property Loss per Resident
$310
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th 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 Mille Lacs County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 69% of the life-safety total.

Mille Lacs County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 87 Minnesota counties. Nationally, Mille Lacs County ranks 1963rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2179th for life safety per 100k residents, 1705th for property loss, and 1767th 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 Mille Lacs 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 Mille Lacs County.

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Loss Breakdown

75%
24%
Property (buildings): $8.4M (74.7%)
Life safety: $2.7M (24.2%)
Agriculture: $123K (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,261,511 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)

Cold Wave
$1.9M
Strong Wind
$242K
Lightning
$185K
Tornado
$171K
Heat Wave
$147K
Hail
$31K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.1M
Tornado
$473K
Hail
$343K
Strong Wind
$306K
Wildfire
$134K
Ice Storm
$27K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Mille Lacs 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

100%
Unreported: 100% (7)
Residents per Station
2,712
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
36.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Mille Lacs 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 Mille Lacs 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 ▲
Princeton Fire & Rescue Department 24,885 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 4
Milaca Fire Department 16,307 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Garrison Fire And Rescue 10,627 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Isle Fire Department 5,138 $704.1K Relatively High 1
Mcgrath Fire Department 5,138 $704.1K Relatively High 1
Onamia Fire Department 5,138 $704.1K Relatively High 1
Foreston Fire Department 2,141 $214.3K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.4%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
15.7%
Disability Rate
4.9%
Uninsured
47.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.9%
Mobile Homes
18.3%
Vacancy Rate
5.8%
Wood Heat
$72,961
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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