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Terrell County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.1 Relatively Moderate

8,850
Population
4
Departments
4
Stations
4
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
0.08
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
114th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.89
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
30th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
133rd highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$213
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
90th highest of 159

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 Terrell County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 61% of the life-safety total.

Terrell County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Terrell County ranks 2768th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1915th for life safety per 100k residents, 2940th for property loss, and 2657th 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

40%
23%
37%
Property (buildings): $1.9M (40.2%)
Life safety: $1.1M (23.0%)
Agriculture: $1.7M (36.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,702,124 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 37% of expected annual loss in Terrell 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)

Tornado
$662K
Lightning
$118K
Cold Wave
$108K
Heat Wave
$92K
Strong Wind
$41K
Earthquake
$33K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.2M
Hurricane
$296K
Tornado
$256K
Earthquake
$80K
Strong Wind
$38K
Wildfire
$19K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Terrell 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

25%
25%
50%
Career: 25% (1)
Combination: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
2,212
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
45.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Terrell County, GA. 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 Terrell 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Terrell County Fire Department 8,850 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Dawson Fire Department 6,272 $741.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Bronwood Volunteer Fire Department 1,292 $189.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Parrott Fire Department 1,292 $189.6K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

33.3%
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Age 65+
18.1%
Disability Rate
14.5%
Uninsured
51.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.2%
Mobile Homes
20.4%
Vacancy Rate
1.2%
Wood Heat
$50,773
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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