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Rich County, UT

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 43.1 Relatively Moderate

2,631
Population
5
Departments
5
Stations
1
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
0.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 29
Life Safety per 100k
0.81
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
23rd highest of 29
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 29
Property Loss per Resident
$490
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
6th 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 Rich County, the largest single contributor is Winter Weather, 33% of the life-safety total.

Rich County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 29 Utah counties. Nationally, Rich County ranks 3141st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2075th for life safety per 100k residents, 3079th for property loss, and 898th 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 Rich 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 Rich County.

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Loss Breakdown

80%
18%
Property (buildings): $1.3M (79.6%)
Life safety: $290K (17.9%)
Agriculture: $41K (2.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $1,619,034 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)

Winter Weather
$95K
Strong Wind
$48K
Landslide
$40K
Cold Wave
$35K
Lightning
$31K
Earthquake
$18K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$696K
Wildfire
$381K
Earthquake
$153K
Winter Weather
$24K
Strong Wind
$21K
Tornado
$5K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Rich 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

80%
20%
Volunteer: 80% (4)
Unreported: 20% (1)
Residents per Station
526
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
190.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Rich 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 Rich 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 ▲
Garden City Fire & Rescue 2,631 $290.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Laketown Fire District 2,631 $290.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Randolph Fire District 2,631 $290.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Rich County Wildland Fire 2,631 $290.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Woodruff Fire District 2,631 $290.4K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

3.8%
Poverty Rate
21.1%
Age 65+
15.1%
Disability Rate
7.1%
Uninsured
41.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
18.0%
Mobile Homes
72.6%
Vacancy Rate
7.2%
Wood Heat
$79,009
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
3
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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