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Keya Paha County, NE

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 57.2 Relatively Moderate

822
Population
2
Departments
2
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
80th highest of 93
Life Safety per 100k
2.85
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 93
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$459K
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
86th highest of 93
Property Loss per Resident
$558
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
44th highest of 93

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

Keya Paha County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $459K in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 93 Nebraska counties. Nationally, Keya Paha County ranks 3126th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 342nd for life safety per 100k residents, 3205th for property loss, and 680th 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

44%
31%
24%
Property (buildings): $459K (44.5%)
Life safety: $321K (31.2%)
Agriculture: $251K (24.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $1,031,456 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 24% of expected annual loss in Keya Paha 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
$259K
Tornado
$24K
Winter Weather
$12K
Heat Wave
$9K
Lightning
$7K
Strong Wind
$6K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$256K
Wildfire
$63K
Strong Wind
$60K
Tornado
$41K
Hail
$21K
Winter Weather
$11K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Keya Paha 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% (2)
Residents per Station
411
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
243.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Stanton Volunteer Fire Department 8,822 $1.8M Very High 1
Springview Fire & Rescue 822 $321.4K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

7.2%
Poverty Rate
25.3%
Age 65+
12.2%
Disability Rate
9.9%
Uninsured
61.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.4%
Mobile Homes
38.2%
Vacancy Rate
18.5%
Wood Heat
$64,000
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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