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Clarendon County, SC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 76.9 Relatively High

30,986
Population
5
Departments
161
Stations
12
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
0.40
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 46
Life Safety per 100k
1.28
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
10th highest of 46
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 46
Property Loss per Resident
$536
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
14th highest of 46

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 Clarendon County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 23% of the life-safety total.

Clarendon County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 46 South Carolina counties. Nationally, Clarendon County ranks 1272nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1297th for life safety per 100k residents, 1040th for property loss, and 745th 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

71%
23%
Property (buildings): $16.6M (71.1%)
Life safety: $5.4M (23.2%)
Agriculture: $1.4M (5.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $23,391,159 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.

Agriculture is 6% of expected annual loss in Clarendon County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$1.2M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Lightning
$979K
Tornado
$732K
Cold Wave
$455K
Strong Wind
$354K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$9.8M
Inland Flooding
$4.3M
Earthquake
$1.5M
Tornado
$413K
Wildfire
$251K
Strong Wind
$135K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clarendon 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

60%
40%
Combination: 60% (3)
Volunteer: 40% (2)
Residents per Station
192
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
519.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clarendon County, SC. 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 Clarendon 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Orangeburg County Fire District 69,493 $9.7M Relatively High 46
Clarendon County Fire Rescue 30,986 $5.4M Relatively High 16
East Lake Fire & Rescue 18,129 $3.4M Relatively High 50
Eutawville Fire Department 9,342 $1.8M Relatively High 48
Manning Fire Department 7,763 $1.7M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.4%
Poverty Rate
24.9%
Age 65+
16.6%
Disability Rate
9.0%
Uninsured
29.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
34.2%
Mobile Homes
23.2%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$52,909
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

15
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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