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Hartley County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.6 Very High

5,215
Population
1
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.10
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
185th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.94
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
60th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
191st highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$411
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
65th 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 Hartley County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 31% of the life-safety total.

Hartley County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Hartley County ranks 2610th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 661st for life safety per 100k residents, 2894th for property loss, and 1176th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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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 Hartley 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 Hartley County.

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Loss Breakdown

15%
10%
75%
Property (buildings): $2.1M (15.3%)
Life safety: $1.4M (9.9%)
Agriculture: $10.5M (74.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $13,997,152 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 75% of expected annual loss in Hartley 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)

Cold Wave
$434K
Strong Wind
$431K
Tornado
$227K
Lightning
$175K
Winter Weather
$75K
Wildfire
$15K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$960K
Hail
$486K
Tornado
$275K
Wildfire
$203K
Strong Wind
$86K
Winter Weather
$55K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Hartley 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%
Combination: 100% (1)
Residents per Station
2,608
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
38.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 1 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hartley 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 Hartley 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 1 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Dalhart Volunteer Fire Department 10,559 $2.5M Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

9.4%
Poverty Rate
16.0%
Age 65+
10.8%
Disability Rate
16.5%
Uninsured
52.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.0%
Mobile Homes
10.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$75,841
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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