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Pope County, AR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 75.5 Relatively High

64,131
Population
16
Departments
48
Stations
17
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
1.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 75
Life Safety per 100k
1.68
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
31st highest of 75
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 75
Property Loss per Resident
$366
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
43rd highest of 75

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 Pope County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 60% of the life-safety total.

Pope County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 75 Arkansas counties. Nationally, Pope County ranks 553rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 848th for life safety per 100k residents, 774th for property loss, and 1398th 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

61%
38%
Property (buildings): $23.5M (60.6%)
Life safety: $14.7M (38.0%)
Agriculture: $529K (1.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $38,741,655 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)

Tornado
$8.9M
Heat Wave
$2.3M
Strong Wind
$1,000K
Earthquake
$919K
Cold Wave
$858K
Lightning
$489K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$16.4M
Tornado
$2.5M
Ice Storm
$1.9M
Earthquake
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$391K
Hail
$235K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Pope 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

81%
Career: 6% (1)
Combination: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 81% (13)
Unreported: 6% (1)
Residents per Station
1,336
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
74.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 16 departments registered in NERIS Public for Pope County, AR. 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 Pope 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
Russellville Fire Department 38,009 $9.1M Relatively High 5
Dardanelle Rural Fire Department 16,332 $4.7M Very High 3
Atkins Fire Department 16,532 $4.1M Relatively High 1
Dover Fire Department 20,390 $4.1M Relatively High 0
Conway County Fire Department 21,054 $4.1M Very High 22
Crow Mountain Fire Department 13,124 $3.2M Relatively High 2
Moreland Fire Department 14,864 $3.2M Relatively High 1
Galla Rock Rural Fire Department 8,130 $2.5M Very High 3
Hector Fire Department 12,388 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Hatley Rural Volunteer Fire Department 11,686 $2.5M Relatively High 1
London Rural Volunteer Fire Department 11,351 $2.4M Very High 2
Pottsville City And Rural Fire Department 6,599 $1.7M Relatively High 3
Appleton Rural Volunteer Fire Department 8,121 $1.7M Very High 1
Martin Twp Rural Volunteer Fire Department 8,704 $1.6M Very High 1
Witts Springs Volunteer Fire Department 5,722 $1.1M Very High 1
Bayliss Volunteer Fire Department 4,995 $930.3K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.9%
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Age 65+
17.7%
Disability Rate
7.3%
Uninsured
35.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.8%
Mobile Homes
10.3%
Vacancy Rate
2.3%
Wood Heat
$59,628
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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