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Yalobusha County, MS

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.6 Relatively High

12,419
Population
4
Departments
4
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
57th highest of 82
Life Safety per 100k
1.49
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
35th highest of 82
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
71st highest of 82
Property Loss per Resident
$227
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
70th highest of 82

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 Yalobusha County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 26% of the life-safety total.

Yalobusha County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 82 Mississippi counties. Nationally, Yalobusha County ranks 2052nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1037th for life safety per 100k residents, 2746th for property loss, and 2524th 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

52%
46%
Property (buildings): $2.8M (51.6%)
Life safety: $2.5M (46.4%)
Agriculture: $106K (2.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,451,536 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)

Cold Wave
$649K
Lightning
$538K
Tornado
$496K
Heat Wave
$405K
Earthquake
$248K
Strong Wind
$144K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.7M
Earthquake
$428K
Tornado
$424K
Hail
$85K
Hurricane
$62K
Strong Wind
$30K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Yalobusha 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

25%
75%
Combination: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 75% (3)
Residents per Station
3,105
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
32.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Yalobusha County, MS. 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 Yalobusha 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Water Valley Fire Department 10,486 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Coffeeville Volunteer Fire Department 5,811 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Skuna Valley Volunteer Fire Department 5,811 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Pine Valley Volunteer Fire Department 3,878 $687.0K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.5%
Poverty Rate
21.9%
Age 65+
20.1%
Disability Rate
11.5%
Uninsured
48.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
23.8%
Mobile Homes
23.2%
Vacancy Rate
1.8%
Wood Heat
$50,536
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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