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Wharton County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 88.8 Relatively High

41,794
Population
8
Departments
7
Stations
12
Census Tracts

Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)

Cold Wave
$6.0M
Tornado
$1.6M
Heat Wave
$985.0K
Riverine Flooding
$705.4K
Hurricane
$679.6K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Wharton 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 8 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Wharton Volunteer Fire Department 27,102 $7.2M Relatively High 1
El Campo Fire Department 20,132 $4.8M Relatively High 1
Hungerford Volunteer Fire Department 9,894 $2.9M Very High 0
Beasley Community Volunteer Fire Department 19,964 $2.2M Relatively High 1
Garwood Volunteer Fire Department 6,322 $1.5M Very High 1
Boling Fire Department 3,791 $1.0M Very High 1
Louise Volunteer Fire Department 2,293 $555.5K Very High 1
Orchard Volunteer Fire Department 4,290 $436.0K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.6%
Poverty Rate
18.2%
Age 65+
14.4%
Disability Rate
14.2%
Uninsured
50.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.3%
Mobile Homes
10.3%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$69,430
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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