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Fillmore County, NE

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.9 Very High

5,541
Population
7
Departments
7
Stations
2
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
0.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
53rd highest of 93
Life Safety per 100k
1.31
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
48th highest of 93
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
37th highest of 93
Property Loss per Resident
$780
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
15th highest of 93

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 Fillmore County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 47% of the life-safety total.

Fillmore County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 93 Nebraska counties. Nationally, Fillmore County ranks 2811th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1247th for life safety per 100k residents, 2389th for property loss, and 271st for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Fillmore 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 Fillmore County.

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Loss Breakdown

40%
9%
50%
Property (buildings): $4.3M (40.4%)
Life safety: $991K (9.3%)
Agriculture: $5.4M (50.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,685,464 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 50% of expected annual loss in Fillmore 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
$461K
Strong Wind
$163K
Lightning
$97K
Cold Wave
$92K
Ice Storm
$63K
Hail
$52K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.6M
Tornado
$882K
Hail
$834K
Strong Wind
$823K
Ice Storm
$121K
Winter Weather
$29K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fillmore 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% (7)
Residents per Station
792
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
126.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fillmore County, NE. 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 Fillmore 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 7 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Geneva Volunteer Fire Department 2,429 $446.4K Very High 1
Fairmont Volunteer Fire Department 779 $139.0K Very High 1
Exeter Volunteer Fire Department 699 $124.6K Very High 1
Shickley Volunteer Fire Department 582 $105.7K Very High 1
Milligan Fire Department 449 $78.8K Very High 1
Ohiowa Rural Fire Department 292 $51.7K Very High 1
Grafton Rural Volunteer Fire Department 280 $50.9K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.8%
Poverty Rate
23.8%
Age 65+
16.5%
Disability Rate
4.1%
Uninsured
77.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
1.8%
Mobile Homes
13.5%
Vacancy Rate
1.8%
Wood Heat
$77,330
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

12
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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