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Box Elder County, UT

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 63.5 Relatively High

61,246
Population
10
Departments
10
Stations
12
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
1.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 29
Life Safety per 100k
1.92
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
15th highest of 29
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$19.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 29
Property Loss per Resident
$312
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
14th highest of 29

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 Box Elder County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 48% of the life-safety total.

Box Elder County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $19.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 29 Utah counties. Nationally, Box Elder County ranks 498th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 677th for life safety per 100k residents, 926th for property loss, and 1754th 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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder County.

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Loss Breakdown

53%
45%
Property (buildings): $19.1M (53.4%)
Life safety: $16.1M (45.1%)
Agriculture: $533K (1.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $35,804,944 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)

Earthquake
$7.7M
Avalanche
$5.7M
Strong Wind
$842K
Lightning
$582K
Heat Wave
$446K
Cold Wave
$417K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$8.0M
Wildfire
$6.3M
Inland Flooding
$4.0M
Strong Wind
$622K
Tornado
$46K
Hail
$25K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Box Elder 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

10%
80%
10%
Career: 10% (1)
Volunteer: 80% (8)
Unreported: 10% (1)
Residents per Station
6,125
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
16.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Box Elder County, UT. 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 Box Elder 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Garland Fire Department 22,356 $15.6M Very High 1
Brigham City Fire Department 45,280 $13.2M Relatively High 1
Tremonton Fire Department 29,049 $6.6M Relatively High 1
Willard City Fire Departmant 20,776 $6.5M Very High 1
Corinne City Fire Department 14,984 $4.9M Very High 1
Thatcher-Penrose Fire Department 14,984 $4.9M Very High 1
Fielding Fire Department 12,221 $3.3M Very High 1
Plymouth Fire Department 12,221 $3.3M Very High 1
Mantua Volunteer Fire Department 8,682 $3.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Portage Fire & Rescue 4,043 $1.4M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.4%
Poverty Rate
13.0%
Age 65+
11.1%
Disability Rate
8.0%
Uninsured
47.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.3%
Mobile Homes
5.8%
Vacancy Rate
1.2%
Wood Heat
$85,767
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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