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Bastrop County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.9 Relatively High

106,582
Population
7
Departments
38
Stations
21
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
1.78
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
30th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.67
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
83rd highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$17.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$160
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
229th highest of 254

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 Bastrop County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 54% of the life-safety total.

Bastrop County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $17.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Bastrop County ranks 328th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 853rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1017th for property loss, and 3057th 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 Bastrop 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 Bastrop County.

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Loss Breakdown

40%
57%
Property (buildings): $17.0M (40.1%)
Life safety: $24.4M (57.5%)
Agriculture: $1.0M (2.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $42,516,428 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)

Inland Flooding
$13.1M
Tornado
$5.7M
Cold Wave
$2.5M
Heat Wave
$1.8M
Lightning
$473K
Strong Wind
$378K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.6M
Tornado
$1.7M
Hail
$836K
Strong Wind
$487K
Hurricane
$191K
Wildfire
$143K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bastrop 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

14%
57%
29%
Career: 14% (1)
Combination: 57% (4)
Volunteer: 29% (2)
Residents per Station
2,805
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bastrop County, TX. 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 Bastrop 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 ▲
Bastrop County Emergency Services District 1 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 8
Mcmahan Volunteer Fire Department 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 1
Travis County Fire Rescue 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 13
Bastrop County Emergency Services District 2 50,189 $11.3M Relatively High 9
Bastrop/Travis Counties ESD1 45,307 $8.4M Relatively High 4
Smithville Volunteer Fire Department 19,162 $5.1M Relatively High 2
Bastrop Fire Department 15,912 $3.8M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.2%
Poverty Rate
15.4%
Age 65+
12.0%
Disability Rate
21.8%
Uninsured
22.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.0%
Mobile Homes
7.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.3%
Wood Heat
$86,154
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
23
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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