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Lyon County, NV

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 58.3 Relatively Moderate

61,680
Population
10
Departments
47
Stations
18
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
0.42
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
7th highest of 17
Life Safety per 100k
0.68
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
13th highest of 17
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$26.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 17
Property Loss per Resident
$423
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
13th highest of 17

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 Lyon County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 55% of the life-safety total.

Lyon County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $26.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 17 Nevada counties. Nationally, Lyon County ranks 1232nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2264th for life safety per 100k residents, 696th for property loss, and 1126th 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

79%
17%
Property (buildings): $26.1M (79.2%)
Life safety: $5.7M (17.4%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (3.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $32,916,282 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
$3.2M
Heat Wave
$866K
Winter Weather
$456K
Wildfire
$356K
Lightning
$303K
Strong Wind
$213K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$10.4M
Earthquake
$8.5M
Wildfire
$7.0M
Strong Wind
$49K
Winter Weather
$20K
Lightning
$10K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lyon 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

20%
60%
20%
Career: 20% (2)
Combination: 60% (6)
Volunteer: 20% (2)
Residents per Station
1,312
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
76.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lyon 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 Lyon 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 10 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
FD32510830 57,974 $14.8M Relatively High 5
East Fork Fire Protection District 50,311 $7.6M Relatively High 13
Central Lyon County Fire District 47,967 $5.8M Relatively High 8
Day & Zimmermann Hawthorne Corporation Fire & Emergency 13,957 $4.9M Very High 0
Mineral County Fire Department 13,957 $4.9M Very High 4
Walker River Volunteer Fire Department 13,957 $4.9M Very High 0
Fallon/Churchill Fire Department 37,383 $3.5M Very High 6
Mason Valley Fire Protection District 18,455 $2.7M Relatively High 2
North Lyon County Fire Protection District 28,106 $1.8M Relatively Low 4
Smith Valley Fire Protection District 4,933 $627.5K Very High 5
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Risk Snapshot

11.7%
Poverty Rate
22.2%
Age 65+
17.7%
Disability Rate
9.6%
Uninsured
22.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.8%
Mobile Homes
6.6%
Vacancy Rate
4.4%
Wood Heat
$83,995
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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