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San Patricio County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 81.4 Very High

70,181
Population
9
Departments
53
Stations
16
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
0.93
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
58th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
124th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
42nd highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$335
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
105th 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 San Patricio County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 39% of the life-safety total.

San Patricio County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, San Patricio County ranks 628th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1231st for life safety per 100k residents, 773rd for property loss, and 1602nd 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 San Patricio 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 San Patricio County.

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Loss Breakdown

60%
32%
8%
Property (buildings): $23.5M (59.5%)
Life safety: $12.7M (32.3%)
Agriculture: $3.3M (8.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $39,490,064 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 8% of expected annual loss in San Patricio 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
$5.0M
Tornado
$2.2M
Inland Flooding
$2.0M
Heat Wave
$1.8M
Hurricane
$1.2M
Lightning
$205K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$13.7M
Inland Flooding
$8.5M
Tornado
$570K
Hail
$278K
Strong Wind
$181K
Coastal Flooding
$125K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in San Patricio 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

11%
11%
78%
Career: 11% (1)
Combination: 11% (1)
Volunteer: 78% (7)
Residents per Station
1,324
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
75.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for San Patricio 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 San Patricio 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 9 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Corpus Christi Fire Department 318,442 $51.6M Relatively High 39
Rockport Volunteer Fire Department 31,298 $4.6M Relatively High 4
Ingleside Volunteer Fire Department 10,185 $1.9M Very High 2
Aransas Pass Fire Department 10,459 $1.8M Very High 2
Mathis Volunteer Fire Department 7,689 $1.3M Very High 2
Taft Volunteer Fire Department 5,647 $827.9K Relatively High 1
Gregory Volunteer Fire Department 2,351 $604.4K Relatively High 1
Nueces County Emergency Services District #4 3,319 $596.6K Very High 1
Ingleside On The Bay Volunteer Fire Department 664 $120.1K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.8%
Poverty Rate
15.4%
Age 65+
18.6%
Disability Rate
18.7%
Uninsured
48.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.2%
Mobile Homes
16.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$69,587
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
25
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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