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Liberty County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 75.7 Relatively High

103,380
Population
25
Departments
44
Stations
17
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
1.08
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
51st highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.04
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
166th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
56th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$163
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
226th 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 Liberty County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 48% of the life-safety total.

Liberty County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Liberty County ranks 552nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1666th for life safety per 100k residents, 1031st for property loss, and 3040th 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%
45%
Property (buildings): $16.8M (51.7%)
Life safety: $14.7M (45.3%)
Agriculture: $979K (3.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $32,533,650 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.

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
$7.1M
Cold Wave
$2.6M
Lightning
$1.8M
Heat Wave
$1.5M
Inland Flooding
$592K
Hurricane
$524K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$9.3M
Hurricane
$5.2M
Tornado
$1.7M
Wildfire
$369K
Ice Storm
$65K
Strong Wind
$48K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Liberty 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

20%
80%
Combination: 20% (5)
Volunteer: 80% (20)
Residents per Station
2,350
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
42.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 25 departments registered in NERIS Public for Liberty 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 Liberty 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 25 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Westlake Volunteer Fire Department 46,227 $6.3M Relatively High 2
Cleveland Fire Department 47,636 $6.0M Relatively High 4
Liberty Fire Department 32,628 $4.9M Relatively High 2
Shepherd Volunteer Fire Department 15,199 $4.6M Relatively High 2
Mont Belvieu Fire Department 28,748 $4.6M Very High 2
Dayton Volunteer Fire Department 28,054 $4.5M Relatively High 2
Kenefick Volunteer Fire Department 28,319 $4.0M Relatively High 1
Hardin Volunteer Fire Department 22,391 $3.6M Relatively High 3
Punkin-Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department 16,256 $3.6M Relatively High 2
Highway 321 Volunteer Fire Department 20,884 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Winnie-Stowell Volunteer Fire Department 16,400 $2.9M Very High 1
Hardin County Emergency Services District 5 17,302 $2.7M Relatively High 6
Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department 15,673 $2.3M Relatively High 1
Moss Bluff Volunteer Fire Department 13,619 $2.2M Very High 2
South Polk County Volunteer Fire Department 9,763 $2.1M Relatively High 1
Old River-Winfree Volunteer Fire Department 12,256 $1.9M Very High 1
Coldspring Volunteer Fire Department 7,846 $1.8M Relatively High 2
Cypress Lakes Volunteer Fire Department 10,421 $1.6M Relatively High 0
Devers Volunteer Fire Department 10,982 $1.6M Very High 1
Hull-Daisetta Volunteer Fire Department 10,982 $1.6M Very High 2
Votaw Thicket Volunteer Fire Department 6,100 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
North Liberty Volunteer Fire Department 5,970 $922.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Woodpecker Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 5,970 $922.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Anson Volunteer Fire Department 6,137 $682.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Greenwood-Slidell Volunteer Fire Department 2,939 $457.4K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

18.7%
Poverty Rate
11.5%
Age 65+
14.1%
Disability Rate
26.2%
Uninsured
28.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
33.3%
Mobile Homes
13.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.7%
Wood Heat
$67,104
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
24
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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