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Siskiyou County, CA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 90.3 Very High

43,466
Population
24
Departments
42
Stations
16
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
0.81
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
42nd highest of 58
Life Safety per 100k
1.85
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
12th highest of 58
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$46.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
40th highest of 58
Property Loss per Resident
$1,071
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
10th 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 Siskiyou County, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 64% of the life-safety total.

Siskiyou County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $46.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Siskiyou County ranks 716th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 730th for life safety per 100k residents, 405th for property loss, and 98th 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

73%
17%
9%
Property (buildings): $46.6M (73.3%)
Life safety: $11.0M (17.4%)
Agriculture: $5.9M (9.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $63,522,421 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 9% of expected annual loss in Siskiyou 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
$7.0M
Volcanic Activity
$965K
Heat Wave
$954K
Inland Flooding
$820K
Wildfire
$637K
Earthquake
$342K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$29.9M
Wildfire
$13.4M
Earthquake
$2.6M
Volcanic Activity
$637K
Hail
$29K
Strong Wind
$9K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Siskiyou 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

33%
62%
Career: 4% (1)
Combination: 33% (8)
Volunteer: 62% (15)
Residents per Station
1,035
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
96.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 24 departments registered in NERIS Public for Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou 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 24 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Mojave Air And Space Port Fire Department 548,139 $53.6M Relatively High 0
Gazelle Fire Protection District 14,485 $3.5M Very High 1
Mount Shasta Fire Protection District 11,164 $2.5M Very High 5
Scott Valley Fire Protection District 8,695 $2.5M Very High 4
Klamath River Volunteer Fire Company 7,782 $2.4M Very High 2
Montague Fire Department 12,025 $2.3M Very High 1
Yreka Volunteer Fire Department 9,870 $1.7M Very High 2
South Yreka Fire Protection District 7,751 $1.6M Very High 1
Grenada Fire Protection District 8,163 $1.5M Very High 1
Coffee Creek Volunteer Fire Department 11,889 $1.5M Very High 1
U.S. Forest Service-Trinity River Managment Unit 15,860 $1.5M Very High 1
Mount Shasta City Fire Department 6,097 $999.0K Very High 6
Etna Fire Department 3,189 $967.9K Very High 1
Weed City Fire Department 3,756 $918.4K Very High 2
Castella Fire Protection District 3,189 $904.8K Very High 1
Hornbrook Volunteer Fire District 2,276 $840.9K Very High 1
Seiad Valley Volunteer Fire Department 2,276 $840.9K Very High 1
Lake Shastina Fire Department 3,651 $816.2K Very High 1
Dunsmuir Fire Department 1,887 $774.4K Very High 3
Fort Jones Volunteer Fire Department 1,617 $770.8K Very High 1
Mccloud Volunteer Fire Department 1,096 $746.6K Very High 1
Copco Lake Fire Department 4,274 $720.1K Very High 2
Tulelake Multi County Fire District 2,818 $607.9K Very High 2
Butte Valley Fire Protection District 1,770 $580.6K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.4%
Poverty Rate
27.8%
Age 65+
17.3%
Disability Rate
6.0%
Uninsured
57.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.4%
Mobile Homes
17.4%
Vacancy Rate
32.1%
Wood Heat
$59,586
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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