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McCulloch County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.3 Relatively High

7,514
Population
7
Departments
7
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
0.05
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
206th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
0.65
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
226th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
193rd highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$275
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
144th 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 McCulloch County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 31% of the life-safety total.

McCulloch 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, McCulloch County ranks 2974th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2307th for life safety per 100k residents, 2907th for property loss, and 2065th 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 McCulloch 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 McCulloch County.

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Loss Breakdown

56%
18%
25%
Property (buildings): $2.1M (56.3%)
Life safety: $672K (18.3%)
Agriculture: $932K (25.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $3,668,906 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 25% of expected annual loss in McCulloch 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
$210K
Lightning
$134K
Heat Wave
$126K
Cold Wave
$83K
Strong Wind
$59K
Winter Weather
$27K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.5M
Hail
$178K
Tornado
$168K
Wildfire
$118K
Strong Wind
$58K
Hurricane
$9K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in McCulloch 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

14%
86%
Combination: 14% (1)
Volunteer: 86% (6)
Residents per Station
1,073
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
93.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for McCulloch 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 McCulloch 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 7 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Brady Fire Department 7,482 $672.3K Relatively High 2
Lohn Volunteer Fire Department 7,482 $672.3K Relatively High 1
Melvin Volunteer Fire Department 7,482 $672.3K Relatively High 1
Rochelle Volunteer Fire Department 7,482 $672.3K Relatively High 1
Voca Volunteer Fire Department 7,482 $672.3K Relatively High 1
Fort Mckavett Volunteer Fire Department 1,873 $243.4K Very High 0
Menard Volunteer Fire Department 1,873 $243.4K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.3%
Poverty Rate
23.7%
Age 65+
20.3%
Disability Rate
19.8%
Uninsured
63.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.1%
Mobile Homes
21.9%
Vacancy Rate
3.0%
Wood Heat
$54,128
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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