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Dewey County, OK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.5 Relatively High

4,360
Population
8
Departments
8
Stations
3
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
0.09
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
69th highest of 77
Life Safety per 100k
2.16
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
20th highest of 77
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
64th highest of 77
Property Loss per Resident
$714
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
8th highest of 77

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 Dewey County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 43% of the life-safety total.

Dewey County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 77 Oklahoma counties. Nationally, Dewey County ranks 2661st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 554th for life safety per 100k residents, 2673rd for property loss, and 357th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Dewey 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 Dewey County.

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Loss Breakdown

54%
22%
24%
Property (buildings): $3.1M (53.9%)
Life safety: $1.3M (22.3%)
Agriculture: $1.4M (23.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,775,004 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.

Agriculture is 24% of expected annual loss in Dewey County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$549K
Cold Wave
$465K
Heat Wave
$103K
Strong Wind
$70K
Ice Storm
$33K
Wildfire
$31K

By property loss ($/yr)

Ice Storm
$1.4M
Inland Flooding
$753K
Strong Wind
$347K
Tornado
$218K
Wildfire
$183K
Hail
$146K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Dewey 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (8)
Residents per Station
545
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
183.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Dewey County, OK. 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 Dewey 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 8 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Seiling Volunteer Fire Department 9,381 $2.8M Very High 1
Leedey Fire Department 9,516 $2.5M Very High 1
Thomas Fire Department 8,690 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Longdale Volunteer Fire Department 6,191 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Vici Fire Department 7,455 $1.8M Very High 1
Canton Fire Department 5,613 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Taloga Volunteer Fire Department 4,360 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Webb Fire Association 2,850 $747.7K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.1%
Poverty Rate
19.6%
Age 65+
19.1%
Disability Rate
12.6%
Uninsured
59.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
21.2%
Mobile Homes
25.3%
Vacancy Rate
2.5%
Wood Heat
$62,003
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

13
Last 10 Years
32
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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