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Martin County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 91.2 Very High

21,644
Population
6
Departments
5
Stations
6
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
0.15
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
77th highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.70
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
45th highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
53rd highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$781
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
15th highest of 100

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 Martin County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 38% of the life-safety total.

Martin County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Martin County ranks 2260th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2222nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1025th for property loss, and 267th 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

81%
10%
9%
Property (buildings): $16.9M (81.0%)
Life safety: $2.1M (10.0%)
Agriculture: $1.9M (9.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,874,774 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 9% of expected annual loss in Martin 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)

Tornado
$796K
Heat Wave
$427K
Hurricane
$206K
Cold Wave
$184K
Strong Wind
$168K
Winter Weather
$146K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$9.4M
Inland Flooding
$6.4M
Tornado
$693K
Earthquake
$101K
Hail
$67K
Strong Wind
$43K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Martin 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

17%
50%
33%
Combination: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (3)
Unreported: 33% (2)
Residents per Station
4,329
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
23.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Martin County, NC. 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 Martin 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
Williamston Fire Rescue Ems Department 25,425 $2.7M Very High 1
Robersonville Fire Department 17,748 $2.5M Very High 1
Bear Grass Fire Rescue, Inc. 8,947 $889.1K Very High 1
Griffins Township Volunteer Fire Department 9,129 $849.0K Very High 1
Conetoe Volunteer Fire/Ems Department 3,113 $480.2K Very High 1
The Oak City Volunteer Fire Department 1,859 $210.8K Very High 0
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Risk Snapshot

20.4%
Poverty Rate
25.6%
Age 65+
19.7%
Disability Rate
7.1%
Uninsured
56.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
22.4%
Mobile Homes
14.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$53,004
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
18
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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