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Baker County, OR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 75.6 Relatively High

16,840
Population
13
Departments
23
Stations
6
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
0.52
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
23rd highest of 36
Life Safety per 100k
3.08
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
7th highest of 36
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
24th highest of 36
Property Loss per Resident
$568
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
17th highest of 36

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 Baker County, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 85% of the life-safety total.

Baker County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 36 Oregon counties. Nationally, Baker County ranks 1041st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 297th for life safety per 100k residents, 1559th for property loss, and 657th 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

57%
43%
Property (buildings): $9.6M (57.3%)
Life safety: $7.1M (42.5%)
Agriculture: $39K (0.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,707,067 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)

Avalanche
$6.0M
Earthquake
$312K
Heat Wave
$176K
Cold Wave
$137K
Winter Weather
$133K
Hail
$98K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.8M
Wildfire
$3.8M
Earthquake
$839K
Hail
$29K
Landslide
$18K
Tornado
$12K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Baker 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

77%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 77% (10)
Unreported: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
732
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
136.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Baker County, OR. 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 Baker 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sagle Fire District 26,012 $16.3M Very High 7
Baker Rural Fire Protection District 12,433 $5.3M Relatively High 3
Keating Rural Fire Protection District 7,783 $5.0M Very High 1
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District 8,529 $4.5M Very High 1
Baker City FD 10,409 $3.7M Relatively High 1
Haines Fire Protection District 5,677 $3.4M Very High 1
Greater Bowen Valley Rural Fire Protection District 5,580 $3.3M Very High 1
Powder River RFPD 2,893 $1.7M Very High 1
Sumpter Fire Department 2,893 $1.7M Very High 1
Huntington Fire Department 2,687 $1.6M Very High 1
Pine Valley Rural Fire Protection District 2,312 $1.6M Very High 1
Indian Valley Rural Fire District 2,968 $1.1M Very High 3
Midvale Fire Protection District 2,090 $129.7K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.9%
Poverty Rate
28.1%
Age 65+
22.6%
Disability Rate
4.2%
Uninsured
65.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.3%
Mobile Homes
15.7%
Vacancy Rate
15.6%
Wood Heat
$63,169
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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