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Val Verde County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.1 Relatively Moderate

47,741
Population
5
Departments
27
Stations
14
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
1.11
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
50th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
2.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
37th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
103rd highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$170
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
220th 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 Val Verde County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 86% of the life-safety total.

Val Verde County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Val Verde County ranks 534th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 482nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1743rd for property loss, and 2994th 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

34%
64%
Property (buildings): $8.1M (34.4%)
Life safety: $15.2M (64.5%)
Agriculture: $263K (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $23,550,892 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)

Inland Flooding
$13.0M
Heat Wave
$587K
Tornado
$450K
Cold Wave
$439K
Lightning
$322K
Hail
$156K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.8M
Hail
$490K
Wildfire
$448K
Tornado
$147K
Hurricane
$95K
Strong Wind
$37K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Val Verde 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

40%
20%
40%
Career: 40% (2)
Combination: 20% (1)
Volunteer: 40% (2)
Residents per Station
1,768
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
56.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Val Verde 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 Val Verde 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Bastrop County Emergency Services District 1 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 8
Mcmahan Volunteer Fire Department 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 1
Travis County Fire Rescue 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 13
Val Verde County Volunteer Fire Department 120,878 $21.7M Relatively High 1
Del Rio Fire Department 32,011 $10.9M Relatively Moderate 4
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Risk Snapshot

16.6%
Poverty Rate
13.9%
Age 65+
16.0%
Disability Rate
17.5%
Uninsured
45.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.5%
Mobile Homes
10.2%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$65,999
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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