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Cherokee County, SC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.7 Relatively Moderate

56,647
Population
14
Departments
39
Stations
16
Census Tracts

Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)

Tornado
$2.4M
Strong Wind
$1.0M
Cold Wave
$688.4K
Lightning
$451.3K
Heat Wave
$331.4K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Cherokee 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 14 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Cowpens Fire Department 46,750 $4.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Grassy Pond Fire Department 23,773 $3.0M Relatively High 2
Cherokee Creek Volunteer Fire Department 26,067 $2.5M Relatively High 4
Gaffney Fire Department 23,958 $2.2M Relatively Moderate 5
Macedonia Volunteer Fire Dept 11,886 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 3
Corinth Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 9,389 $898.5K Relatively Moderate 3
Goucher-White Plains Volunteer Fire Department 8,869 $883.9K Relatively High 2
Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department 9,621 $880.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Asbury Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Department 5,847 $603.9K Relatively Moderate 2
Twin Rivers Volunteer Fire Department 5,847 $603.9K Relatively Moderate 2
Antioch Volunteer Fire Department 6,204 $556.1K Relatively Moderate 2
Ckc Volunteer Fire Department 6,204 $556.1K Relatively Moderate 2
Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department Of Cherokee County 3,417 $324.7K Relatively High 6
Draytonville- Mckown Mountain- Wilkinsville Volunteer Fire Department 1,195 $111.7K Very Low 3
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Risk Snapshot

18.4%
Poverty Rate
17.5%
Age 65+
17.9%
Disability Rate
10.5%
Uninsured
44.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
26.4%
Mobile Homes
12.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$52,182
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

14
Last 10 Years
21
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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