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Sheboygan County, WI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 43.7 Relatively Moderate

117,991
Population
26
Departments
42
Stations
29
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
0.90
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 72
Life Safety per 100k
0.76
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
72nd highest of 72
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
21st highest of 72
Property Loss per Resident
$197
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th highest of 72

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 Sheboygan County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 56% of the life-safety total.

Sheboygan County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 72 Wisconsin counties. Nationally, Sheboygan County ranks 651st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2142nd for life safety per 100k residents, 785th for property loss, and 2791st for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

64%
34%
Property (buildings): $23.2M (64.2%)
Life safety: $12.3M (34.0%)
Agriculture: $662K (1.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $36,201,208 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
$6.9M
Tornado
$3.2M
Heat Wave
$1.1M
Lightning
$402K
Strong Wind
$397K
Hail
$228K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$17.5M
Tornado
$3.2M
Hail
$2.1M
Strong Wind
$236K
Earthquake
$84K
Lightning
$72K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Sheboygan 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

12%
85%
Career: 4% (1)
Combination: 12% (3)
Volunteer: 85% (22)
Residents per Station
2,809
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 26 departments registered in NERIS Public for Sheboygan County, WI. 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 Sheboygan 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 26 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Hales Corners Fire Department 33,725 $7.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Sheboygan Fire Department 44,621 $4.7M Relatively Low 6
Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department 31,140 $4.1M Relatively Low 3
Mondovi Fire Department 23,476 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Cleveland Fire Department 14,151 $2.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Village Of Random Lake 14,949 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Howards Grove Fire Department, Inc. 11,024 $1.4M Relatively High 2
Cedar Grove Fire Department 11,495 $1.3M Relatively Low 1
City Of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department 12,561 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Oostburg Fire Department 10,536 $1.1M Relatively Low 2
St. Anna Fire Department 8,507 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Ada Fire Department 6,458 $876.6K Relatively High 1
Town of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department 7,737 $781.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department 6,860 $706.5K Relatively Moderate 2
Town Of Sheboygan Volunteer Fire Department 6,881 $705.6K Relatively High 2
Adell Volunteer Fire Department 6,545 $684.0K Relatively Low 1
Glenbeulah Fire Department 6,359 $660.4K Relatively Low 1
Waldo Fire Department 5,743 $607.1K Relatively Low 1
Town Of Wilson Fire Department 4,991 $498.1K Relatively Moderate 2
Johnsonville Fire Department, Inc. 4,578 $447.1K Relatively Moderate 2
Beechwood Volunteer Fire Department 3,396 $339.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Cascade Fire Department 3,396 $339.0K Relatively Moderate 2
Greenbush Fire Department 3,297 $338.5K Relatively Low 1
Elkhart Lake Fire Department 3,062 $321.9K Relatively Low 2
Kohler Fire Department 3,160 $320.0K Very High 1
Haven Fire Department 1,416 $149.5K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.5%
Poverty Rate
19.6%
Age 65+
11.9%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
63.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.2%
Mobile Homes
6.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$77,459
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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