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Cooke County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 86.1 Very High

43,046
Population
16
Departments
26
Stations
9
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
0.70
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
74th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.64
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
87th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$14.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$343
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
101st 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 Cooke County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 51% of the life-safety total.

Cooke County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $14.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Cooke County ranks 809th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 893rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1142nd for property loss, and 1554th 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

52%
34%
14%
Property (buildings): $14.8M (51.8%)
Life safety: $9.7M (33.9%)
Agriculture: $4.1M (14.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $28,478,847 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 14% of expected annual loss in Cooke 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
$4.9M
Inland Flooding
$2.4M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Cold Wave
$420K
Hail
$233K
Strong Wind
$183K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.8M
Tornado
$2.2M
Hail
$1.7M
Wildfire
$1.4M
Strong Wind
$666K
Ice Storm
$563K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cooke 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

94%
Career: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 94% (15)
Residents per Station
1,656
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
60.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 16 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cooke 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 Cooke 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
Gainesville Fire Department 22,204 $4.9M Very High 7
Locust Grove Fire Department 13,588 $4.1M Very High 1
Indian Creek Volunteer Fire Department 14,664 $3.2M Very High 1
Falconhead Volunteer Fire Department 13,860 $3.1M Very High 1
Valley View Volunteer Fire Department 14,285 $2.6M Very High 1
Ringling Volunteer Fire Department 9,997 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Moss Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 11,963 $2.3M Very High 4
Muenster Volunteer Fire Department 10,614 $2.2M Very High 1
Myra Volunteer Fire Department 10,614 $2.2M Very High 1
Marietta Fire Department 8,018 $2.1M Very High 2
Shady Dale Volunteer Fire Department 8,018 $2.1M Very High 1
Jimtown Volunteer Fire Department 7,147 $1.8M Very High 1
Thackerville Community Volunteer Fire Department 4,904 $1.3M Very High 1
Lindsay Volunteer Fire Department 5,250 $1.1M Very High 1
Era Volunteer Fire Department 5,364 $1.1M Very High 1
Leon Community Volunteer Fire Department 2,243 $525.7K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.5%
Poverty Rate
18.9%
Age 65+
14.9%
Disability Rate
16.1%
Uninsured
46.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.5%
Mobile Homes
7.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.1%
Wood Heat
$77,271
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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