Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
County Rankings
Counties in North Dakota ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
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 and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh County | 100,600 | 9 | $28.4M | Very High |
| Ward County | 68,973 | 18 | $21.3M | Relatively High |
| Cass County | 193,400 | 22 | $15.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Williams County | 39,555 | 9 | $12.4M | Relatively High |
| Sioux County | 3,740 | 3 | $10.7M | Very High |
| Morton County | 33,777 | 8 | $9.1M | Very High |
| Stark County | 33,302 | 14 | $8.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| McLean County | 9,823 | 14 | $6.5M | Very High |
| Stutsman County | 21,549 | 14 | $6.4M | Relatively High |
| McKenzie County | 14,321 | 10 | $6.3M | Relatively High |
| McIntosh County | 2,497 | 5 | $5.1M | Very High |
| Rolette County | 11,924 | 9 | $4.0M | Very High |
| Grand Forks County | 72,923 | 12 | $3.9M | Relatively Low |
| Richland County | 16,584 | 17 | $3.9M | Relatively High |
| Golden Valley County | 1,653 | 5 | $3.8M | Very High |
| Barnes County | 10,773 | 14 | $3.6M | Very High |
| Emmons County | 3,254 | 7 | $3.4M | Very High |
| Mountrail County | 9,507 | 8 | $3.2M | Very High |
| Mercer County | 8,337 | 10 | $3.0M | Relatively High |
| Ramsey County | 11,556 | 9 | $2.5M | Relatively High |
| Grant County | 2,269 | 9 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Dickey County | 4,935 | 7 | $2.4M | Relatively High |
| LaMoure County | 4,118 | 8 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Bottineau County | 6,378 | 14 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Ransom County | 5,643 | 7 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Benson County | 5,808 | 10 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| McHenry County | 5,207 | 12 | $1.8M | Very High |
| Logan County | 1,819 | 6 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Pierce County | 3,928 | 7 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Wells County | 3,890 | 9 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Bowman County | 2,906 | 6 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Sargent County | 3,804 | 9 | $1.3M | Very High |
| Dunn County | 4,040 | 9 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Kidder County | 2,377 | 8 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Foster County | 3,358 | 5 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Hettinger County | 2,432 | 5 | $1.0M | Relatively High |
| Adams County | 2,145 | 5 | $1.0M | Very High |
| Walsh County | 10,396 | 15 | $836.3K | Relatively Moderate |
| Towner County | 2,079 | 8 | $703.5K | Relatively High |
| Renville County | 2,304 | 9 | $700.0K | Relatively High |
| Burke County | 2,156 | 4 | $682.5K | Relatively High |
| Sheridan County | 1,303 | 8 | $662.4K | Very High |
| Divide County | 2,167 | 7 | $630.9K | Very High |
| Eddy County | 2,307 | 6 | $622.7K | Very High |
| Traill County | 7,970 | 11 | $588.5K | Relatively Moderate |
| Slope County | 766 | 7 | $525.0K | Relatively Moderate |
| Pembina County | 6,727 | 12 | $524.0K | Relatively High |
| Griggs County | 2,245 | 8 | $498.8K | Very High |
| Oliver County | 1,839 | 8 | $491.8K | Relatively High |
| Billings County | 1,024 | 3 | $377.9K | Relatively High |
| Cavalier County | 3,633 | 11 | $306.6K | Relatively High |
| Nelson County | 3,016 | 5 | $272.0K | Very High |
| Steele County | 1,804 | 9 | $170.0K | Very High |
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