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Webster County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.1 Relatively High

40,500
Population
7
Departments
30
Stations
8
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
49th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.37
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
94th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
53rd highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$207
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
114th 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 Webster County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 26% of the life-safety total.

Webster County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Webster County ranks 986th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1175th for life safety per 100k residents, 1712th for property loss, and 2715th 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

50%
45%
Property (buildings): $8.4M (49.5%)
Life safety: $7.6M (45.1%)
Agriculture: $911K (5.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,885,030 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 5% of expected annual loss in Webster 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
$2.0M
Tornado
$1.7M
Inland Flooding
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$927K
Cold Wave
$526K
Lightning
$513K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.7M
Tornado
$939K
Ice Storm
$851K
Strong Wind
$684K
Earthquake
$669K
Hail
$271K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Webster 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

43%
57%
Combination: 43% (3)
Volunteer: 57% (4)
Residents per Station
1,350
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
74.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Webster 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 Webster 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
Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District 54,913 $7.8M Relatively High 12
Southern Webster County Fire Protection District 24,385 $4.9M Relatively High 4
Strafford Fire Protection District 31,735 $4.7M Relatively Moderate 8
Grovespring Area Voluntary Fire Protection Association 15,374 $4.5M Very High 2
Seymour Fire Department 9,572 $2.0M Relatively High 2
Elkland Fire Protection District 9,224 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Niangua Fire Protection District 5,123 $997.2K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.2%
Poverty Rate
15.8%
Age 65+
13.4%
Disability Rate
15.5%
Uninsured
35.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.4%
Mobile Homes
9.9%
Vacancy Rate
11.1%
Wood Heat
$72,022
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
28
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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