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Wyoming

Statewide risk profile

582,397
Population
23
Counties
75
Departments
273
Stations

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
21.0
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
39th highest of 50
Life Safety per 100k
3.60
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 50
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$203.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 50
Property Loss per Resident
$349
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
17th highest of 50

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 Wyoming, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 66% of the life-safety total.

Wyoming carries an expected 21 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $203.1M in building loss per year. Ranks compare the 50 states. 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 in Wyoming enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Wyoming.

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Loss Breakdown

41%
58%
Property (buildings): $203.1M (40.9%)
Life safety: $287.2M (57.9%)
Agriculture: $6.0M (1.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $496,304,472 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)

Avalanche
$190.0M
Cold Wave
$52.2M
Lightning
$13.2M
Tornado
$10.6M
Winter Weather
$5.9M
Earthquake
$4.9M

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$143.9M
Wildfire
$23.2M
Earthquake
$19.6M
Hail
$9.8M
Tornado
$4.5M
Winter Weather
$765K

County Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across counties in this state. Click any county for its full profile.

Fire Service Profile

15%
21%
57%
Career: 7% (5)
Combination: 15% (11)
Volunteer: 21% (16)
Unreported: 57% (43)
Residents per Station
2,133
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
46.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 75 departments registered in NERIS Public for Wyoming. 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.

County Rankings

Counties in Wyoming ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.

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 and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. A department serving several counties is counted in each, so the Departments column adds up to more than the statewide department total. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.

Showing 23 counties
County ▲ Population ▲ Departments ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲
Teton County 23,396 3 $144.5M Very High
Lincoln County 20,486 5 $32.3M Very High
Laramie County 101,060 4 $21.7M Relatively Moderate
Park County 30,449 5 $10.9M Very High
Campbell County 47,240 2 $10.5M Relatively High
Natrona County 79,977 4 $9.8M Relatively Moderate
Albany County 38,249 3 $9.5M Relatively Moderate
Carbon County 14,463 2 $9.1M Very High
Sublette County 8,838 1 $6.9M Very High
Sheridan County 32,055 6 $6.2M Very High
Fremont County 39,533 5 $6.2M Relatively High
Goshen County 12,605 8 $3.1M Relatively High
Converse County 13,762 0 $2.7M Relatively High
Sweetwater County 41,542 8 $2.4M Relatively Low
Big Horn County 11,828 4 $2.0M Very High
Platte County 8,612 6 $1.8M Very High
Crook County 7,455 5 $1.7M Very High
Uinta County 20,644 2 $1.6M Relatively Moderate
Weston County 6,826 2 $1.5M Relatively High
Johnson County 8,686 3 $1.0M Relatively High
Washakie County 7,703 2 $702.9K Relatively High
Hot Springs County 4,620 0 $655.4K Very High
Niobrara County 2,368 1 $477.0K Relatively High
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Don't see your department? Profiles exist for every department in NERIS Public with a published boundary polygon. Departments registered without a boundary, or not yet registered with NERIS, do not have a page yet because the analysis is geography-based. See why a department might be missing or contact us and we will look into it.

Risk Snapshot

10.5%
Poverty Rate
18.5%
Age 65+
14.1%
Disability Rate
11.3%
Uninsured
49.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.5%
Mobile Homes
12.2%
Vacancy Rate
4.5%
Wood Heat
$79,712
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

65
Last 10 Years
105
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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