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Madison County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 43.7 Relatively Moderate

67,328
Population
23
Departments
26
Stations
19
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
0.19
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
47th highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.29
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
39th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
40th highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$300
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
22nd highest of 62

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 Madison County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 28% of the life-safety total.

Madison County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Madison County ranks 2006th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3023rd for life safety per 100k residents, 890th for property loss, and 1849th 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 Madison 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 Madison County.

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Loss Breakdown

88%
11%
Property (buildings): $20.2M (87.9%)
Life safety: $2.6M (11.5%)
Agriculture: $140K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $22,957,558 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)

Tornado
$741K
Lightning
$587K
Cold Wave
$582K
Strong Wind
$242K
Heat Wave
$195K
Winter Weather
$144K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$19.0M
Tornado
$278K
Strong Wind
$263K
Ice Storm
$226K
Earthquake
$223K
Hurricane
$160K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Madison 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

96%
Career: 4% (1)
Volunteer: 96% (22)
Residents per Station
2,590
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
38.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 23 departments registered in NERIS Public for Madison County, NY. 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 Madison 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 23 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Canastota Fire Department 18,538 $704.0K Relatively Low 1
Bridgewater Fire Company, Inc. 19,500 $603.8K Relatively Low 2
Hamilton Fire Department 14,498 $583.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Munnsville Fire Department 14,426 $416.4K Relatively Low 1
Oneida Fire Department 10,057 $387.9K Relatively High 1
Oneida Castle Fire Department, Inc. 8,394 $371.6K Relatively Moderate 2
Chittenango Fire Department 7,956 $316.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Madison Fire Department 4,677 $191.6K Relatively Moderate 1
North Chittenango Fire Department 3,149 $109.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Cazenovia Fire Department 2,760 $108.0K Very Low 1
Hubbardsville Fire Department 2,153 $89.4K Very Low 1
Leonardsville Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 2,153 $89.4K Very Low 1
Unadilla Forks Fire Department 794 $71.0K Relatively Low 1
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department 1,803 $69.3K Relatively Moderate 2
Morrisville Fire District 1,961 $66.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Eaton Fire Department 1,152 $48.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Smithfield Fire Department 1,167 $44.1K Relatively Low 1
Erieville Fire Department 991 $42.0K Very Low 1
Brookfield Fire Department 999 $41.5K Very Low 1
Georgetown Volunteer Firemans Association, Inc. 989 $38.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Earlville Fire Department 727 $36.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Wampsville Fire Department 576 $21.0K Relatively Low 1
North Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department 470 $19.5K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.0%
Poverty Rate
20.3%
Age 65+
13.3%
Disability Rate
3.8%
Uninsured
65.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.0%
Mobile Homes
14.6%
Vacancy Rate
5.6%
Wood Heat
$77,065
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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