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Nodaway County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 74.7 Relatively High

20,774
Population
11
Departments
11
Stations
6
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
0.30
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
72nd highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.45
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
82nd highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$503
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
38th 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 Nodaway County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 43% of the life-safety total.

Nodaway County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Nodaway County ranks 1510th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1070th for life safety per 100k residents, 1470th for property loss, and 850th 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

62%
25%
13%
Property (buildings): $10.4M (62.1%)
Life safety: $4.1M (24.5%)
Agriculture: $2.2M (13.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,822,379 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.

Agriculture is 13% of expected annual loss in Nodaway County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$1.8M
Cold Wave
$998K
Heat Wave
$590K
Lightning
$489K
Strong Wind
$152K
Hail
$73K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.5M
Tornado
$1.9M
Hail
$568K
Strong Wind
$285K
Wildfire
$56K
Ice Storm
$45K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Nodaway 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%
91%
Combination: 9% (1)
Volunteer: 91% (10)
Residents per Station
1,889
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
53.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Nodaway 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 Nodaway 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
Polk Township Rural Fire Protection District 18,684 $3.7M Relatively High 1
Maryville Fire Department 16,533 $3.5M Relatively High 1
Bolckow Fire Protection District 12,722 $2.7M Very High 1
West Nodaway Fire Protection District 9,753 $2.0M Very High 1
Barnard Fire District 7,663 $1.5M Very High 2
Tri-C Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 7,663 $1.5M Very High 1
Hopkins Fire Distict 7,308 $1.4M Very High 1
Jackson Township Fire Protection Dist. 5,218 $1.0M Very High 1
Union Township Fire Protection District 5,218 $1.0M Very High 0
Skidmore Fire Protection District 3,746 $883.4K Very High 1
Elmo Fire Protection District 2,090 $419.2K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.1%
Poverty Rate
17.8%
Age 65+
13.2%
Disability Rate
7.5%
Uninsured
56.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.5%
Mobile Homes
11.3%
Vacancy Rate
3.5%
Wood Heat
$61,200
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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