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Oldham County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 95.3 Very High

2,249
Population
6
Departments
20
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
0.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
228th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
0.93
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
181st highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$751K
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
234th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$334
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
106th 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 Oldham County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 35% of the life-safety total.

Oldham County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $751K in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Oldham County ranks 3143rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1852nd for life safety per 100k residents, 3160th for property loss, and 1606th 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

18%
76%
Property (buildings): $751K (17.7%)
Life safety: $287K (6.8%)
Agriculture: $3.2M (75.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,239,958 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 76% of expected annual loss in Oldham 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
$100K
Cold Wave
$82K
Strong Wind
$49K
Winter Weather
$22K
Lightning
$15K
Heat Wave
$8K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$287K
Hail
$198K
Wildfire
$105K
Tornado
$92K
Strong Wind
$36K
Winter Weather
$16K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Oldham 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

17%
83%
Combination: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (5)
Residents per Station
112
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
889.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Oldham 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 Oldham 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Potter County Fire Rescue 22,583 $4.5M Very High 13
Hereford Fire Department 19,373 $3.3M Relatively High 1
Bard-Endee Fire District 4,638 $486.9K Very High 3
Adrian Volunteer Fire Department 2,249 $287.2K Very High 1
Vega Volunteer Fire & Rescue 2,249 $287.2K Very High 1
Wildorado Volunteer Fire Department 2,249 $287.2K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

20.7%
Poverty Rate
11.7%
Age 65+
9.9%
Disability Rate
18.9%
Uninsured
70.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.4%
Mobile Homes
20.9%
Vacancy Rate
0.5%
Wood Heat
$79,900
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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