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Hall County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.3 Very High

2,820
Population
3
Departments
2
Stations
1
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
0.04
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
212th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.35
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
118th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
216th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$504
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
45th 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 Hall County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 47% of the life-safety total.

Hall County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Hall County ranks 3042nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1196th for life safety per 100k residents, 3047th for property loss, and 846th 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

21%
8%
71%
Property (buildings): $1.4M (21.3%)
Life safety: $523K (7.8%)
Agriculture: $4.7M (70.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,675,896 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 71% of expected annual loss in Hall 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)

Strong Wind
$245K
Tornado
$105K
Cold Wave
$77K
Heat Wave
$49K
Winter Weather
$18K
Lightning
$12K

By property loss ($/yr)

Strong Wind
$424K
Inland Flooding
$348K
Tornado
$232K
Hail
$196K
Wildfire
$144K
Ice Storm
$48K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Hall 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

67%
33%
Combination: 67% (2)
Volunteer: 33% (1)
Residents per Station
1,410
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
70.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hall 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 Hall 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 3 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Memphis Fire Department 9,167 $1.7M Very High 1
Childress Fire Department 9,563 $1.5M Very High 1
Turkey Volunteer Fire Department 2,820 $522.8K Very High 0
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Risk Snapshot

16.3%
Poverty Rate
24.4%
Age 65+
20.0%
Disability Rate
15.6%
Uninsured
89.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.9%
Mobile Homes
32.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$48,459
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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