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Clarion County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 26.4 Relatively Low

37,179
Population
15
Departments
14
Stations
13
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
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.35
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
32nd highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
61st highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$185
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
63rd highest of 67

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 Clarion County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 38% of the life-safety total.

Clarion County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Clarion County ranks 2402nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2888th for life safety per 100k residents, 1923rd for property loss, and 2892nd 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 Clarion 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 Clarion County.

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Loss Breakdown

79%
20%
Property (buildings): $6.9M (79.1%)
Life safety: $1.8M (20.4%)
Agriculture: $42K (0.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,683,005 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)

Lightning
$665K
Cold Wave
$468K
Strong Wind
$249K
Inland Flooding
$190K
Tornado
$119K
Heat Wave
$23K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.1M
Tornado
$294K
Hurricane
$244K
Strong Wind
$165K
Earthquake
$62K
Hail
$20K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clarion 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% (15)
Residents per Station
2,656
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
37.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clarion County, PA. 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 Clarion 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 ▲
Hawthorn Area Fire Department 19,248 $940.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Limestone Volunteer Fire Company 10,920 $602.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Knox Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 4,521 $213.0K Relatively Low 1
New Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department 2,419 $156.7K Relatively High 1
Strattanville Volunteer Fire Company 1 3,609 $154.0K Relatively Low 1
Sligo Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 1,869 $103.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Summerville Volunteer Firemen's Association 1,549 $68.6K Relatively High 1
Corsica Volunteer Fire Company 1,378 $60.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Sugarcreek Township Volunteer Fire Department 971 $46.1K Relatively Low 1
Saint Petersburg Fire Company 802 $42.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Distant Area Volunteer Fire Department 2,099 $39.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Callensburg-Licking Township Volunteer Fire Department 725 $38.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Milcreek Township Volunteer Fire Department 362 $15.9K Very Low 0
Parker City Volunteer Fire Department 725 $13.7K Relatively High 1
Foxburg Volunteer Fire And Relief Association 181 $9.5K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.1%
Poverty Rate
20.6%
Age 65+
15.2%
Disability Rate
6.1%
Uninsured
69.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.3%
Mobile Homes
20.2%
Vacancy Rate
4.0%
Wood Heat
$62,198
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
7
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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