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Madison County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 29.3 Relatively Low

44,423
Population
9
Departments
13
Stations
12
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
0.14
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
71st highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.31
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
55th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
68th highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$199
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th highest of 88

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 Madison County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 27% of the life-safety total.

Madison County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Madison County ranks 2350th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2971st for life safety per 100k residents, 1654th for property loss, and 2772nd 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Madison County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.

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What Drives the Loss

80%
17%
Property (buildings): $8.8M (79.9%)
Life safety: $1.9M (17.1%)
Agriculture: $331K (3.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,060,019 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)

Strong Wind
$520K
Cold Wave
$396K
Tornado
$374K
Lightning
$229K
Heat Wave
$199K
Earthquake
$116K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.6M
Tornado
$957K
Earthquake
$369K
Hail
$328K
Ice Storm
$260K
Strong Wind
$228K

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

44%
56%
Combination: 44% (4)
Volunteer: 56% (5)
Residents per Station
3,417
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
29.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Madison County, OH. 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Prairie Township Fire Department 25,651 $1.7M Relatively Low 2
Central Townships Joint Fire District 19,927 $844.0K Relatively Low 2
Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District 15,473 $629.6K Relatively Low 2
London Fire Department 10,715 $454.8K Relatively Low 1
Pleasant Township Fire Department 6,096 $241.9K Very Low 1
Harmony Township Fire Department 3,622 $147.8K Relatively Low 1
Tri-County Joint Fire District 3,328 $133.3K Very Low 2
Range Township Volunteer Fire Department 2,243 $98.6K Very Low 1
Stokes Township Fire Department 2,243 $98.6K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.5%
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Age 65+
14.1%
Disability Rate
7.7%
Uninsured
55.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.2%
Mobile Homes
5.0%
Vacancy Rate
1.9%
Wood Heat
$80,439
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
9
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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