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Callaway County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 71.2 Relatively High

44,741
Population
11
Departments
58
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.56
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.26
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
102nd highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$14.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
32nd highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$318
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
80th highest of 115

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 Callaway County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 43% of the life-safety total.

Callaway County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $14.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Callaway County ranks 979th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1320th for life safety per 100k residents, 1172nd for property loss, and 1707th 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

63%
34%
Property (buildings): $14.2M (63.5%)
Life safety: $7.7M (34.4%)
Agriculture: $469K (2.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $22,406,547 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)

Heat Wave
$3.3M
Cold Wave
$1.7M
Tornado
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$627K
Lightning
$489K
Earthquake
$287K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$11.6M
Earthquake
$867K
Tornado
$699K
Hail
$526K
Ice Storm
$217K
Winter Weather
$131K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Callaway 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

9%
27%
64%
Career: 9% (1)
Combination: 27% (3)
Volunteer: 64% (7)
Residents per Station
771
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
129.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Callaway County, MO. 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 Callaway 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Boone County Fire Protection District 159,245 $22.7M Relatively Moderate 16
Jefferson City Fire Department 44,051 $9.8M Relatively High 6
Central Callaway Fire Protection District 32,729 $5.9M Relatively High 3
Regional West Fire Protection District 25,359 $5.2M Relatively High 5
South Callaway Fire Protection District 16,173 $3.0M Relatively High 9
Holts Summit Fire Protection District 18,333 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 3
New Bloomfield Fire Protection District 15,018 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Auxvasse Fire Department 13,547 $2.3M Very High 1
Fulton Fire Department 11,120 $2.0M Very High 2
North Callaway Fire Protection District 8,330 $1.5M Relatively High 10
Millersburg Fire Protection District 8,475 $1.4M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.6%
Poverty Rate
17.9%
Age 65+
15.7%
Disability Rate
8.4%
Uninsured
42.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.9%
Mobile Homes
11.6%
Vacancy Rate
4.2%
Wood Heat
$71,197
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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