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Pike County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 62.8 Relatively High

27,044
Population
11
Departments
12
Stations
7
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
0.17
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
58th highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.63
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
11th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
75th highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$287
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
24th highest of 88

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 Pike County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 40% of the life-safety total.

Pike County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Pike County ranks 2147th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2331st for life safety per 100k residents, 1789th for property loss, and 1961st 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 Pike 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 Pike County.

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Loss Breakdown

73%
22%
Property (buildings): $7.8M (73.4%)
Life safety: $2.3M (22.1%)
Agriculture: $478K (4.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,579,227 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)

Inland Flooding
$925K
Heat Wave
$659K
Strong Wind
$265K
Lightning
$192K
Tornado
$161K
Cold Wave
$62K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.8M
Tornado
$434K
Strong Wind
$179K
Earthquake
$125K
Ice Storm
$78K
Hail
$61K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Pike 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

18%
9%
73%
Career: 18% (2)
Combination: 9% (1)
Volunteer: 73% (8)
Residents per Station
2,254
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
44.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Pike 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 Pike 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 11 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Jackson Township Fire Department 68,789 $3.0M Relatively Low 0
Jackson Township Fire Department 55,699 $2.5M Relatively Low 4
Waverly Fire Department 14,015 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Bainbridge Fire Department 12,305 $981.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Elm Grove Volunteer Fire Department 9,335 $924.0K Relatively High 1
Piketon Seal Township Fire Department 10,338 $916.4K Very High 1
Benton Township Volunteer Fire Department 9,671 $820.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Pebble Township Volunteer Fire Department 5,237 $430.8K Relatively Low 1
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department 5,437 $382.1K Very High 1
Portsmouth Site Fire Department 5,437 $382.1K Very High 0
Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department 5,437 $382.1K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.3%
Poverty Rate
19.1%
Age 65+
22.1%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
50.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
19.3%
Mobile Homes
10.3%
Vacancy Rate
4.2%
Wood Heat
$54,964
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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