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Clay County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 77.9 Relatively High

7,670
Population
7
Departments
7
Stations
2
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
0.08
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
93rd highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
1.03
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
54th highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
85th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$401
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
8th highest of 95

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 Clay County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 37% of the life-safety total.

Clay County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Clay County ranks 2769th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1683rd for life safety per 100k residents, 2683rd for property loss, and 1217th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Clay 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 Clay County.

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Loss Breakdown

72%
25%
Property (buildings): $3.1M (71.8%)
Life safety: $1.1M (25.3%)
Agriculture: $127K (3.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,284,956 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)

Cold Wave
$401K
Tornado
$370K
Strong Wind
$145K
Lightning
$49K
Earthquake
$48K
Heat Wave
$35K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.4M
Tornado
$238K
Hail
$138K
Earthquake
$103K
Strong Wind
$100K
Ice Storm
$23K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clay 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% (7)
Residents per Station
1,096
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
91.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clay County, TN. 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 Clay 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 7 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Taylors Cross Roads Volunteer Fire Department 12,005 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Moss Volunteer Fire Department 7,670 $1.1M Relatively High 1
East 52 Volunteer Fire Department 7,160 $929.3K Relatively High 1
City Of Celina Fire Department 5,318 $693.9K Very High 1
Pea Ridge Fire Department 5,318 $693.9K Very High 1
Hermitage Springs Volunteer Fire Department 2,352 $389.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department 2,352 $389.3K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

24.2%
Poverty Rate
25.0%
Age 65+
23.0%
Disability Rate
8.2%
Uninsured
40.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
29.0%
Mobile Homes
13.0%
Vacancy Rate
7.2%
Wood Heat
$43,356
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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