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Roosevelt County, MT

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 91.0 Very High

10,526
Population
6
Departments
6
Stations
3
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
0.48
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
18th highest of 56
Life Safety per 100k
4.59
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
17th highest of 56
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
38th highest of 56
Property Loss per Resident
$225
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
53rd highest of 56

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 Roosevelt County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 81% of the life-safety total.

Roosevelt County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 56 Montana counties. Nationally, Roosevelt County ranks 1094th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 144th for life safety per 100k residents, 2857th for property loss, and 2553rd 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

23%
66%
11%
Property (buildings): $2.4M (23.5%)
Life safety: $6.6M (65.6%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (11.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,089,639 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 11% of expected annual loss in Roosevelt 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)

Cold Wave
$5.4M
Strong Wind
$542K
Winter Weather
$201K
Heat Wave
$183K
Tornado
$162K
Inland Flooding
$46K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$256K
Tornado
$159K
Wildfire
$114K
Hail
$98K
Winter Weather
$36K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Roosevelt 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (6)
Residents per Station
1,754
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
57.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Roosevelt County, MT. 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 Roosevelt 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department 17,459 $20.6M Very High 2
Wolf Point Volunteer Fire Department 8,654 $5.5M Very High 1
Froid Volunteer Fire Department 6,007 $3.8M Very High 1
Poplar Volunteer Fire Department 4,135 $2.7M Very High 1
Mccone County Fire Department 1,670 $1.3M Very High 0
Bainville Volunteer Fire Department 1,872 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

30.4%
Poverty Rate
12.2%
Age 65+
12.6%
Disability Rate
25.2%
Uninsured
57.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.6%
Mobile Homes
24.0%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$59,086
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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