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Jasper County, SC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 96.6 Very High

32,166
Population
4
Departments
25
Stations
7
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
0.27
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
35th highest of 46
Life Safety per 100k
0.83
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
28th highest of 46
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$24.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
21st highest of 46
Property Loss per Resident
$772
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
7th highest of 46

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 Jasper County, the largest single contributor is Hurricane, 31% of the life-safety total.

Jasper County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $24.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 46 South Carolina counties. Nationally, Jasper County ranks 1646th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2030th for life safety per 100k residents, 734th for property loss, and 281st 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 Jasper 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 Jasper County.

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Loss Breakdown

86%
13%
Property (buildings): $24.8M (86.2%)
Life safety: $3.6M (12.6%)
Agriculture: $349K (1.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $28,814,144 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)

Hurricane
$1.1M
Heat Wave
$715K
Earthquake
$630K
Tornado
$327K
Cold Wave
$313K
Strong Wind
$195K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$20.1M
Inland Flooding
$3.0M
Earthquake
$955K
Coastal Flooding
$255K
Wildfire
$195K
Tornado
$190K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Jasper 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

25%
50%
25%
Career: 25% (1)
Combination: 50% (2)
Volunteer: 25% (1)
Residents per Station
1,287
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
77.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Jasper 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 Jasper 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Bluffton Township Fire District 90,472 $9.2M Very High 10
Jasper County Fire & Rescue 29,842 $3.4M Very High 14
Calhoun Falls Fire Department 8,219 $1.1M Very High 0
Town Of Ridgeland Fire Department 3,929 $578.0K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.8%
Poverty Rate
23.1%
Age 65+
14.3%
Disability Rate
14.5%
Uninsured
18.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
25.5%
Mobile Homes
11.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$61,760
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

18
Last 10 Years
21
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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