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Clay County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.1 Relatively High

10,495
Population
10
Departments
11
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
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
170th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.21
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
135th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
160th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$322
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
117th 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 Clay County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 55% of the life-safety total.

Clay County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Clay County ranks 2423rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1385th for life safety per 100k residents, 2617th for property loss, and 1681st 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

60%
31%
10%
Property (buildings): $3.4M (59.6%)
Life safety: $1.7M (30.6%)
Agriculture: $559K (9.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,678,257 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 10% of expected annual loss in Clay 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
$956K
Heat Wave
$289K
Strong Wind
$184K
Cold Wave
$130K
Wildfire
$71K
Hail
$58K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.7M
Wildfire
$905K
Tornado
$345K
Hail
$230K
Strong Wind
$133K
Ice Storm
$36K

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% (10)
Residents per Station
954
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
104.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clay 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 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Henrietta Volunteer Fire Department 11,910 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Byers Volunteer Fire Department 10,403 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Randlett Volunteer Fire Department 9,743 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Arrowhead Ranch Estates Volunteer Fire Department 7,290 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Lake Arrowhead Volunteer Fire Department 7,290 $1.2M Relatively High 2
Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department 6,237 $982.7K Relatively High 1
Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department 4,258 $753.4K Very High 1
Bluegrove Volunteer Fire Department 3,032 $457.3K Relatively High 1
Joy Volunteer Fire Department 3,032 $457.3K Relatively High 1
Vashti Volunteer Fire Department 3,032 $457.3K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.4%
Poverty Rate
23.4%
Age 65+
20.2%
Disability Rate
17.6%
Uninsured
52.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.6%
Mobile Homes
16.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.9%
Wood Heat
$81,860
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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