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Guadalupe County, NM

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 93.3 Very High

4,381
Population
2
Departments
8
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
31st highest of 33
Life Safety per 100k
0.37
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
29th highest of 33
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 33
Property Loss per Resident
$606
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
13th highest of 33

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 Guadalupe County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 30% of the life-safety total.

Guadalupe County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 33 New Mexico counties. Nationally, Guadalupe County ranks 3170th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2838th for life safety per 100k residents, 2792nd for property loss, and 583rd 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

91%
8%
Property (buildings): $2.7M (90.8%)
Life safety: $221K (7.6%)
Agriculture: $48K (1.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $2,922,334 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.

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
$66K
Lightning
$49K
Winter Weather
$27K
Hail
$22K
Wildfire
$21K
Heat Wave
$19K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.3M
Wildfire
$290K
Winter Weather
$19K
Earthquake
$11K
Tornado
$11K
Strong Wind
$7K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Guadalupe 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

50%
50%
Combination: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
548
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
182.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Guadalupe County, NM. 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 Guadalupe 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
Santa Rosa Fire Department 8,745 $485.4K Very High 5
Jordan Fire Department 2,389 $199.7K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

25.5%
Poverty Rate
17.2%
Age 65+
23.6%
Disability Rate
5.1%
Uninsured
54.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
31.0%
Mobile Homes
26.6%
Vacancy Rate
13.1%
Wood Heat
$42,750
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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