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Grays Harbor County, WA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.0 Very High

77,053
Population
18
Departments
44
Stations
21
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
9.91
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
4th highest of 39
Life Safety per 100k
12.86
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
2nd highest of 39
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$76.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 39
Property Loss per Resident
$988
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
6th highest of 39

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 Grays Harbor County, the largest single contributor is Tsunami, 84% of the life-safety total.

Grays Harbor County carries an expected 10 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $76.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 39 Washington counties. Nationally, Grays Harbor County ranks 42nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 38th for life safety per 100k residents, 286th for property loss, and 130th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

36%
64%
Property (buildings): $76.2M (35.9%)
Life safety: $135.8M (64.1%)
Agriculture: $15K (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $211,934,862 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)

Tsunami
$114.4M
Earthquake
$16.8M
Coastal Flooding
$3.2M
Ice Storm
$576K
Heat Wave
$447K
Inland Flooding
$215K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$29.8M
Coastal Flooding
$20.7M
Inland Flooding
$19.1M
Tsunami
$6.3M
Landslide
$74K
Tornado
$31K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Grays Harbor 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%
39%
44%
Career: 11% (2)
Combination: 39% (7)
Volunteer: 44% (8)
Unreported: 6% (1)
Residents per Station
1,751
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
57.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Grays Harbor County, WA. 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 Grays Harbor 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 18 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
OCEAN SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT 7,778 $89.4M Very High 2
Pacific County Fire District #3 14,709 $36.7M Very High 3
Raymond Fire Department 14,709 $36.7M Very High 6
Aberdeen Fire Department 19,567 $11.8M Very High 2
South Beach Regional Fire Authority 4,240 $8.8M Very High 6
Fairgrounds Fire Facility Board (Station 15-1) 73,094 $6.8M Relatively Moderate 0
Quinault Nation Fire 1,091 $5.0M Very High 0
City Of Hoquiam Fire Department 8,942 $4.6M Very High 2
Grays Harbor Fire District 7 884 $3.6M Very High 3
Grays Harbor Fire District #8 645 $2.6M Very High 1
Grays Harbor Fire Protection District #5 9,553 $1.9M Very High 5
Grays Harbor Co. FPD #2 6,546 $1.5M Very High 3
City Of Montesano Fire Department 3,834 $1.2M Very High 1
Grays Harbor Fire District #10 9,484 $949.8K Relatively High 3
Cosmopolis Fire Department 1,602 $605.5K Very High 1
Lake Quinault Volunteer Fire Department 705 $569.2K Very High 2
Grays Harbor Fire Protection District 1 2,250 $173.4K Very High 2
Grays Harbor Fire District #15 383 $30.7K Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

15.3%
Poverty Rate
23.3%
Age 65+
22.0%
Disability Rate
7.6%
Uninsured
60.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.0%
Mobile Homes
17.1%
Vacancy Rate
8.2%
Wood Heat
$65,987
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
21
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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