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Osage County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 81.7 Very High

13,402
Population
8
Departments
25
Stations
4
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
0.25
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
80th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.83
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
66th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$562
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
25th highest of 115

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 Osage County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 48% of the life-safety total.

Osage County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Osage County ranks 1729th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 744th for life safety per 100k residents, 1819th for property loss, and 671st 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 Osage 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 Osage County.

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Loss Breakdown

65%
29%
Property (buildings): $7.5M (65.2%)
Life safety: $3.4M (29.0%)
Agriculture: $670K (5.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,558,967 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 6% of expected annual loss in Osage 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)

Heat Wave
$1.6M
Tornado
$1.1M
Cold Wave
$254K
Strong Wind
$191K
Earthquake
$100K
Lightning
$92K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.2M
Tornado
$464K
Earthquake
$310K
Ice Storm
$237K
Hail
$162K
Winter Weather
$44K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Osage 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

12%
88%
Combination: 12% (1)
Volunteer: 88% (7)
Residents per Station
536
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
186.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Osage 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 Osage 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 8 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Osage Fire Protection District 14,553 $3.5M Very High 3
Bland Fire Protection District 11,948 $3.3M Relatively High 0
Morrison Volunteer Fire Department 12,024 $3.1M Relatively High 2
South Callaway Fire Protection District 16,173 $3.0M Relatively High 9
Meta Fire & Rescue 8,856 $2.3M Relatively High 2
Linn Fire Protection District 7,467 $1.9M Very High 6
Westphalia Fire Protection District 6,851 $1.7M Very High 2
Belle Volunteer Fire Department 4,921 $1.5M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.6%
Poverty Rate
18.3%
Age 65+
13.6%
Disability Rate
4.1%
Uninsured
48.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.5%
Mobile Homes
18.7%
Vacancy Rate
17.1%
Wood Heat
$78,284
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
24
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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