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Amador County, CA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 93.8 Very High

41,428
Population
11
Departments
37
Stations
10
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
1.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
34th highest of 58
Life Safety per 100k
2.80
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
7th highest of 58
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$25.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 58
Property Loss per Resident
$626
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
35th highest of 58

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 Amador County, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 80% of the life-safety total.

Amador County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $25.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Amador County ranks 511th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 348th for life safety per 100k residents, 701st for property loss, and 537th 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

52%
32%
16%
Property (buildings): $25.9M (52.1%)
Life safety: $15.9M (31.9%)
Agriculture: $8.0M (16.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $49,786,322 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.

Agriculture is 16% of expected annual loss in Amador County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$12.8M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Wildfire
$740K
Inland Flooding
$410K
Winter Weather
$292K
Lightning
$244K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$13.3M
Inland Flooding
$12.0M
Earthquake
$513K
Tornado
$19K
Strong Wind
$13K
Winter Weather
$7K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Amador 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

73%
27%
Combination: 73% (8)
Volunteer: 27% (3)
Residents per Station
1,120
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
89.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Amador County, CA. 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 Amador 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Mule Creek State Prison Fire Department 75,700 $22.8M Very High 1
Amador Fire Protection District 41,428 $15.9M Very High 11
Pioneer Fire Protection District 8,228 $7.7M Very High 11
Lockwood Fire Protection District 9,101 $6.3M Very High 2
Sutter Creek Fire Protection District 14,846 $4.8M Very High 2
Jackson Fire Department 13,233 $4.5M Very High 2
Kirkwood Volunteer Fire Department 3,824 $4.0M Very High 1
Jackson Valley Fire Protection District 15,682 $2.8M Very High 2
Michael Johnson 15,419 $1.6M Very High 2
City Of Ione Fire Department 12,412 $842.3K Very High 2
West Point Fire District 4,947 $555.2K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.2%
Poverty Rate
27.6%
Age 65+
16.2%
Disability Rate
4.9%
Uninsured
41.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.3%
Mobile Homes
15.4%
Vacancy Rate
19.0%
Wood Heat
$88,119
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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