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Lincoln County, NV

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 89.9 Very High

4,405
Population
4
Departments
13
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
0.03
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
13th highest of 17
Life Safety per 100k
0.68
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
12th highest of 17
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 17
Property Loss per Resident
$964
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
4th highest of 17

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 Lincoln County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 53% of the life-safety total.

Lincoln County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 17 Nevada counties. Nationally, Lincoln County ranks 3086th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2260th for life safety per 100k residents, 2402nd for property loss, and 143rd 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.

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Loss Breakdown

88%
8%
Property (buildings): $4.2M (87.5%)
Life safety: $410K (8.5%)
Agriculture: $194K (4.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,849,091 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)

Earthquake
$216K
Heat Wave
$51K
Inland Flooding
$51K
Lightning
$41K
Wildfire
$21K
Winter Weather
$13K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.6M
Wildfire
$947K
Earthquake
$728K
Strong Wind
$5K
Landslide
$3K
Winter Weather
$2K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lincoln 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% (2)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
339
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
295.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lincoln County, NV. 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 Lincoln 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Mesquite Fire & Rescue 23,508 $3.4M Relatively High 6
Pahranagat Valley Volunteer Fire District 4,286 $410.3K Very High 4
Panaca Fire Department 4,286 $410.3K Very High 1
Pioche Volunteer Fire Department 2,141 $123.7K Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

5.0%
Poverty Rate
25.7%
Age 65+
28.3%
Disability Rate
5.5%
Uninsured
46.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.8%
Mobile Homes
30.5%
Vacancy Rate
28.7%
Wood Heat
$72,592
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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