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Klickitat County, WA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 87.4 Very High

23,411
Population
16
Departments
33
Stations
6
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
0.19
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
30th highest of 39
Life Safety per 100k
0.83
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
23rd highest of 39
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
22nd highest of 39
Property Loss per Resident
$998
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
4th highest of 39

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 Klickitat County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 27% of the life-safety total.

Klickitat County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 39 Washington counties. Nationally, Klickitat County ranks 1991st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2020th for life safety per 100k residents, 779th for property loss, and 124th 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Klickitat County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.

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What Drives the Loss

89%
10%
Property (buildings): $23.4M (89.5%)
Life safety: $2.7M (10.2%)
Agriculture: $85K (0.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $26,105,189 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)

Cold Wave
$724K
Wildfire
$618K
Ice Storm
$402K
Earthquake
$287K
Lightning
$225K
Heat Wave
$173K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$13.2M
Inland Flooding
$9.2M
Earthquake
$848K
Strong Wind
$72K
Hail
$20K
Landslide
$13K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Klickitat 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

88%
Combination: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 88% (14)
Unreported: 6% (1)
Residents per Station
709
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
141.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 16 departments registered in NERIS Public for Klickitat 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 Klickitat 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 16 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Pacific County Fire District #3 142,670 $183.3M Very High 3
Raymond Fire Department 142,670 $183.3M Very High 6
Klickitat County Fire District # 13 10,562 $1.4M Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire District 15 10,562 $1.4M Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire Protection District #4 10,562 $1.4M Very High 2
Klickitat County Fire Protection District #12 8,700 $895.0K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire Protection District #5 8,700 $895.0K Very High 1
City Of Bingen Fire Department 5,884 $806.7K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire District #1 5,814 $799.3K Very High 1
Goldendale Volunteer Fire Department 7,915 $777.3K Very High 0
Klickitat County Rural 7 Fire And Rescue 7,915 $777.3K Very High 11
Klickitat County Fire District #6 4,748 $561.1K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire Protection District #14- High Prairie 4,748 $561.1K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire District #10 1,591 $177.0K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire Protection District # 8 1,591 $177.0K Very High 1
Klickitat County Fire Protection District #2 1,591 $177.0K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.9%
Poverty Rate
25.1%
Age 65+
18.8%
Disability Rate
6.4%
Uninsured
43.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.5%
Mobile Homes
9.8%
Vacancy Rate
15.8%
Wood Heat
$74,770
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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