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Burnet County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 68.8 Relatively High

52,652
Population
16
Departments
28
Stations
15
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
0.59
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
87th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.12
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
150th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$17.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
54th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$330
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
113th highest of 254

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 Burnet County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 32% of the life-safety total.

Burnet County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $17.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Burnet County ranks 944th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1518th for life safety per 100k residents, 995th for property loss, and 1640th 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

67%
31%
Property (buildings): $17.3M (67.2%)
Life safety: $8.1M (31.3%)
Agriculture: $386K (1.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $25,824,360 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)

Tornado
$2.6M
Cold Wave
$1.8M
Inland Flooding
$1.7M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Lightning
$282K
Strong Wind
$281K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.7M
Tornado
$1.1M
Hail
$875K
Strong Wind
$768K
Wildfire
$716K
Hurricane
$146K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Burnet 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%
31%
44%
Career: 25% (4)
Combination: 31% (5)
Volunteer: 44% (7)
Residents per Station
1,880
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
53.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 16 departments registered in NERIS Public for Burnet 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 Burnet 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 16 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department 23,916 $3.7M Relatively High 0
Williamson County Esd#7 31,616 $3.5M Relatively Moderate 4
City Of Burnet Fire Department 22,016 $3.3M Relatively High 2
Burnet Volunteer Fire Department 21,165 $3.2M Relatively High 1
Bertram Volunteer Fire Department 18,583 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Marble Falls Fire Rescue 14,286 $2.1M Relatively High 3
City Of Granite Shoals Fire Department 10,071 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Hoover Valley Volunteer Fire And Emergency Services, Inc. 11,152 $1.7M Relatively High 1
Lampasas Fire Department 18,830 $1.7M Relatively High 1
City Of Horseshoe Bay Fire Department 7,723 $1.6M Relatively High 3
Spicewood Fire Rescue 7,383 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Burnet County Emergency Services District No. 8 5,302 $745.9K Relatively High 3
Cassie Volunteer Fire Department 3,674 $563.7K Very High 2
East Lake Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 3,511 $483.1K Relatively High 1
Cottonwood Shores Volunteer Fire Department 3,202 $409.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Round Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Inc 2,643 $329.1K Relatively High 3
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Risk Snapshot

8.0%
Poverty Rate
23.6%
Age 65+
16.2%
Disability Rate
18.9%
Uninsured
27.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.9%
Mobile Homes
17.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$80,292
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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