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St. Francois County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 71.7 Relatively High

66,999
Population
11
Departments
21
Stations
19
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
1.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.74
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
72nd highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$298
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
90th 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 St. Francois County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 39% of the life-safety total.

St. Francois County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, St. Francois County ranks 508th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 801st for life safety per 100k residents, 902nd for property loss, and 1860th 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 St. Francois 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 St. Francois County.

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Loss Breakdown

56%
44%
Property (buildings): $20.0M (55.6%)
Life safety: $15.9M (44.3%)
Agriculture: $38K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $35,976,084 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
$6.3M
Tornado
$3.1M
Cold Wave
$2.5M
Earthquake
$2.0M
Strong Wind
$1.2M
Lightning
$449K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$11.8M
Earthquake
$4.2M
Tornado
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$1.2M
Hail
$713K
Winter Weather
$152K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in St. Francois 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
3,190
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
31.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for St. Francois 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 St. Francois 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 ▲
Farmington Fire Department 35,561 $15.2M Relatively High 2
Wolf Creek Fire Protection District 15,934 $4.0M Relatively High 3
Doe Run Fire Protection District 16,346 $3.9M Relatively High 2
Desloge Volunteer Fire Department 13,057 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Park Hills Fire Department 13,057 $3.0M Relatively High 3
Leadwood Fire Protection District 9,766 $2.4M Relatively High 2
Leadington Fire Department 3,996 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Goose Creek Lake Fire Department 2,861 $673.3K Relatively High 2
Terre Du Lac Fire Department 2,969 $643.8K Relatively High 2
Lake Timberline Volunteer Fire Department 1,959 $487.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Bonne Terre Fire Department 1,918 $467.0K Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

15.9%
Poverty Rate
17.2%
Age 65+
21.4%
Disability Rate
10.3%
Uninsured
46.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.4%
Mobile Homes
14.3%
Vacancy Rate
2.1%
Wood Heat
$60,085
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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