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Lane County, OR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 68.7 Relatively High

384,207
Population
15
Departments
41
Stations
93
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
3.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
6th highest of 36
Life Safety per 100k
0.81
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
27th highest of 36
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$178.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
3rd highest of 36
Property Loss per Resident
$464
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
19th highest of 36

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 Lane County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 82% of the life-safety total.

Lane County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $178.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 36 Oregon counties. Nationally, Lane County ranks 171st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2059th for life safety per 100k residents, 110th for property loss, and 981st 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 Lane 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 Lane County.

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Loss Breakdown

81%
19%
Property (buildings): $178.2M (80.6%)
Life safety: $42.8M (19.3%)
Agriculture: $233K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $221,262,767 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)

Earthquake
$35.3M
Heat Wave
$4.6M
Lightning
$956K
Cold Wave
$727K
Ice Storm
$392K
Winter Weather
$310K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$116.7M
Earthquake
$59.9M
Strong Wind
$577K
Coastal Flooding
$274K
Tsunami
$175K
Tornado
$154K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lane 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

73%
13%
13%
Combination: 73% (11)
Volunteer: 13% (2)
Unreported: 13% (2)
Residents per Station
9,371
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
10.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lane 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 Lane 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 15 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
South Lane County Fire & Rescue 24,843 $2.0M Very High 7
Junction City Fire Department 11,225 $1.7M Very High 2
Santa Clara Rural Fire Protection District 8,903 $707.4K Relatively Moderate 2
Monroe Rural Fire Protection District 3,913 $516.7K Very High 5
Coburg Rural Fire Production District 2,710 $359.3K Relatively Moderate 1
McKenzie Fire & Rescue 3,865 $165.9K Very High 5
City of Oakridge 4,118 $158.1K Very High 2
Mapleton Fire Department 736 $146.2K Very High 1
Mohawk Valley Rural Fire Protection District 2,548 $119.4K Very High 5
Dexter Rural Fire Protection District 1,900 $97.8K Very High 1
Swisshome-Deadwood RFPD 437 $86.8K Very High 3
Lowell Rural Fire Protection District 2,002 $80.8K Very High 3
Lake Creek RFPD 251 $49.8K Very High 1
Lorane RFPD 267 $28.2K Relatively High 1
Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District 496 $20.8K Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

15.3%
Poverty Rate
20.8%
Age 65+
17.1%
Disability Rate
5.6%
Uninsured
55.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.1%
Mobile Homes
5.5%
Vacancy Rate
4.3%
Wood Heat
$74,725
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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