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Callahan County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.9 Relatively High

14,241
Population
5
Departments
4
Stations
3
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
0.10
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
188th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
0.71
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
218th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
170th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$218
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
185th 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 Callahan County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 52% of the life-safety total.

Callahan County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Callahan County ranks 2617th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2217th for life safety per 100k residents, 2674th for property loss, and 2617th 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 Callahan 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 Callahan County.

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Loss Breakdown

65%
29%
Property (buildings): $3.1M (65.1%)
Life safety: $1.4M (28.8%)
Agriculture: $291K (6.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,780,608 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 Callahan 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)

Tornado
$720K
Heat Wave
$216K
Strong Wind
$120K
Cold Wave
$97K
Hail
$76K
Winter Weather
$53K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.4M
Hail
$858K
Tornado
$374K
Wildfire
$358K
Strong Wind
$130K
Cold Wave
$9K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Callahan 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% (5)
Residents per Station
3,560
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
28.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Callahan 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 Callahan 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 ▲
Clyde Volunteer Fire Department 14,187 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Baird Volunteer Fire Department 12,457 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Oplin Volunteer Fire Department 14,374 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Eula Volunteer Fire Department 11,758 $968.6K Relatively High 1
Cross Plains Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 4,518 $397.4K Relatively High 0
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Risk Snapshot

9.6%
Poverty Rate
21.0%
Age 65+
18.3%
Disability Rate
15.5%
Uninsured
54.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
15.9%
Mobile Homes
19.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.3%
Wood Heat
$71,915
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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