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Muskingum County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 50.9 Relatively Moderate

86,411
Population
16
Departments
19
Stations
21
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
0.19
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.22
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
78th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$26.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
23rd highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$301
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
20th 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 Muskingum County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 25% of the life-safety total.

Muskingum County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $26.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Muskingum County ranks 1995th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3135th for life safety per 100k residents, 698th for property loss, and 1844th 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

88%
9%
Property (buildings): $26.0M (88.4%)
Life safety: $2.7M (9.0%)
Agriculture: $760K (2.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $29,400,236 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)

Heat Wave
$656K
Strong Wind
$538K
Lightning
$489K
Tornado
$455K
Cold Wave
$327K
Earthquake
$75K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$23.3M
Tornado
$1.1M
Hail
$833K
Ice Storm
$231K
Earthquake
$226K
Strong Wind
$216K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Muskingum 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

31%
62%
Career: 6% (1)
Combination: 31% (5)
Volunteer: 62% (10)
Residents per Station
4,548
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
22.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 16 departments registered in NERIS Public for Muskingum 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 Muskingum 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 16 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Perry Township Fire Department 43,763 $1.5M Relatively Low 1
South Zanesville Fire Department 21,908 $673.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Zanesville Fire Department 21,387 $647.3K Relatively Moderate 3
Frazeysburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 17,394 $590.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Wayne Township-Duncan Falls Volunteer Fire Department 16,658 $529.6K Relatively Moderate 0
National Trail Volunteer Fire Department 15,093 $521.6K Relatively Low 1
Newton Township Fire Department 14,568 $459.8K Relatively Moderate 1
New Concord Fire Department 15,269 $441.4K Relatively Moderate 2
Licking Township Volunteer Ems & Fire Department, Inc. 12,760 $408.5K Relatively Low 1
Washington Fire Department, Inc. 11,334 $372.2K Relatively Low 0
Falls Township Fire Department 301 11,754 $371.3K Relatively Moderate 3
Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department 10,763 $367.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Roseville Volunteer Fire Department 9,238 $289.7K Relatively High 1
Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department 8,825 $270.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Tri-Valley Joint Fire District 6,062 $194.7K Relatively High 1
Adamsville Community Fire Department 4,412 $150.6K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.1%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
15.9%
Disability Rate
6.6%
Uninsured
61.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.8%
Mobile Homes
10.4%
Vacancy Rate
2.8%
Wood Heat
$63,175
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

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

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