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Parker County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 62.9 Relatively High

165,168
Population
17
Departments
98
Stations
29
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
1.85
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.12
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
149th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$27.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
34th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$164
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
224th 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 Parker County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 56% of the life-safety total.

Parker County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $27.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Parker County ranks 310th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1517th for life safety per 100k residents, 662nd for property loss, and 3028th 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

51%
48%
Property (buildings): $27.1M (51.3%)
Life safety: $25.4M (48.1%)
Agriculture: $320K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $52,802,744 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
$14.1M
Cold Wave
$5.0M
Heat Wave
$3.5M
Inland Flooding
$933K
Wildfire
$697K
Lightning
$489K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$15.9M
Wildfire
$5.5M
Tornado
$4.0M
Hail
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$148K
Earthquake
$138K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Parker 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

12%
24%
65%
Career: 12% (2)
Combination: 24% (4)
Volunteer: 65% (11)
Residents per Station
1,685
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
59.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 17 departments registered in NERIS Public for Parker 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 Parker 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 17 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fort Worth Fire Department 919,408 $82.7M Relatively Moderate 63
Weatherford Fire Department 74,202 $11.6M Relatively High 5
Greenwood Rural Volunteer Fire Department 51,802 $7.6M Relatively High 3
Cresson Fire Department 45,387 $6.3M Relatively High 4
Aledo Volunteer Fire Department 34,000 $5.2M Relatively Moderate 2
Central Community Volunteer Fire Department 31,331 $5.0M Relatively High 2
Cool-Garner Volunteer Fire Department 13,907 $4.9M Relatively High 1
Springtown Volunteer Fire Department 32,368 $4.7M Relatively High 2
Brock-Dennis Volunteer Fire Department 22,052 $3.6M Very High 3
Parker County Emergency Service District #6 19,585 $3.4M Relatively High 3
North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department 15,710 $3.2M Relatively High 3
Azle Fire Department 24,430 $3.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Lipan Volunteer Fire Department 16,140 $3.0M Very High 1
La Junta Volunteer Fire Department 18,599 $2.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Willow Park Fire-Rescue Department 16,160 $2.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Peaster Volunteer Fire Department 15,981 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department 6,214 $903.4K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.0%
Poverty Rate
16.0%
Age 65+
13.7%
Disability Rate
13.2%
Uninsured
19.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.8%
Mobile Homes
5.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.5%
Wood Heat
$110,655
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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