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Morrow County, OR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 80.9 Very High

12,300
Population
6
Departments
13
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
29th highest of 36
Life Safety per 100k
0.75
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
28th highest of 36
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 36
Property Loss per Resident
$625
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
16th 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 Morrow County, the largest single contributor is Ice Storm, 30% of the life-safety total.

Morrow County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 36 Oregon counties. Nationally, Morrow County ranks 2669th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2152nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1796th for property loss, and 543rd 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 Morrow 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 Morrow County.

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Loss Breakdown

82%
14%
Property (buildings): $7.7M (82.0%)
Life safety: $1.3M (13.6%)
Agriculture: $416K (4.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $9,368,907 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)

Ice Storm
$383K
Cold Wave
$376K
Heat Wave
$278K
Lightning
$49K
Earthquake
$48K
Wildfire
$45K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.2M
Wildfire
$1.9M
Earthquake
$390K
Strong Wind
$80K
Hail
$30K
Lightning
$8K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Morrow 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

33%
17%
50%
Combination: 33% (2)
Volunteer: 17% (1)
Unreported: 50% (3)
Residents per Station
946
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
105.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Morrow 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 Morrow 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 6 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District 3,736 $612.5K Very High 1
Boardman Fire Rescue District 6,098 $398.6K Relatively High 4
Pilot Rock Fire Department 1,691 $297.4K Relatively High 1
Ione Rural Fire Protection District 720 $64.9K Very High 1
Lexington FD 216 $19.5K Very High 1
Oregon Military Army Fire & Emergency Services 5 $2.0K Very High 5
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Risk Snapshot

13.2%
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Age 65+
17.3%
Disability Rate
9.6%
Uninsured
51.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
32.0%
Mobile Homes
11.9%
Vacancy Rate
9.4%
Wood Heat
$74,963
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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