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McIntosh County, ND

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.3 Very High

2,497
Population
5
Departments
4
Stations
1
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.38
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 53
Life Safety per 100k
15.03
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 53
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 53
Property Loss per Resident
$791
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
10th highest of 53

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For McIntosh County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 97% of the life-safety total.

McIntosh County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 53 North Dakota counties. Nationally, McIntosh County ranks 1315th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 28th for life safety per 100k residents, 2917th for property loss, and 257th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving McIntosh County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in McIntosh County.

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Loss Breakdown

25%
66%
8%
Property (buildings): $2.0M (25.4%)
Life safety: $5.1M (66.3%)
Agriculture: $642K (8.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,758,787 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 8% of expected annual loss in McIntosh 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
$5.0M
Winter Weather
$64K
Strong Wind
$29K
Ice Storm
$18K
Hail
$14K
Heat Wave
$13K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$963K
Hail
$310K
Tornado
$246K
Strong Wind
$157K
Wildfire
$124K
Winter Weather
$100K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in McIntosh 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% (5)
Residents per Station
624
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
160.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for McIntosh County, ND. 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 McIntosh 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 5 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Wishek Fire Protection District 1,151 $2.4M Very High 1
Ashley Fire Department 921 $1.9M Very High 1
Zeeland Fire Protection District 253 $512.3K Very High 1
Kulm Volunteer Fire Department 655 $414.4K Very High 1
Lehr Rural Fire Department 236 $376.4K Very High 0
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Risk Snapshot

12.2%
Poverty Rate
31.3%
Age 65+
13.5%
Disability Rate
4.9%
Uninsured
83.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
5.6%
Mobile Homes
28.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$64,419
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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