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Payne County, OK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 76.7 Relatively High

82,972
Population
10
Departments
14
Stations
23
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
1.92
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 77
Life Safety per 100k
2.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
15th highest of 77
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 77
Property Loss per Resident
$280
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
54th 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 Payne County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 58% of the life-safety total.

Payne County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 77 Oklahoma counties. Nationally, Payne County ranks 294th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 486th for life safety per 100k residents, 784th for property loss, and 2008th 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 Payne 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 Payne County.

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Loss Breakdown

46%
52%
Property (buildings): $23.3M (46.3%)
Life safety: $26.3M (52.4%)
Agriculture: $681K (1.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $50,252,586 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)

Cold Wave
$15.2M
Tornado
$6.1M
Heat Wave
$2.2M
Strong Wind
$1.0M
Inland Flooding
$914K
Wildfire
$292K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$10.6M
Tornado
$5.1M
Hail
$3.5M
Ice Storm
$2.3M
Wildfire
$971K
Earthquake
$326K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Payne 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

20%
80%
Career: 20% (2)
Volunteer: 80% (8)
Residents per Station
5,927
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
16.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Payne 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 Payne 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Stillwater Fire Department 64,853 $20.5M Relatively High 4
Ripley Volunteer Fire Department 16,629 $5.6M Very High 1
Orlando Volunteer Fire Department 14,313 $5.4M Very High 1
Coyle Volunteer Fire Department 15,079 $5.1M Very High 1
Cushing Fire Department 12,021 $3.8M Very High 2
Ingalls Fire District 10,739 $3.5M Very High 1
Perkins Fire Department 10,062 $3.2M Very High 1
Yale Fire Department 8,526 $2.8M Relatively High 1
Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department 8,055 $2.6M Very High 1
Oilton Fire Department 6,719 $2.3M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

22.6%
Poverty Rate
13.2%
Age 65+
14.0%
Disability Rate
11.0%
Uninsured
44.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.1%
Mobile Homes
12.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$57,643
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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