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Benewah County, ID

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 90.6 Very High

10,142
Population
7
Departments
22
Stations
2
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
0.05
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
38th highest of 44
Life Safety per 100k
0.52
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
31st highest of 44
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
31st highest of 44
Property Loss per Resident
$562
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
18th highest of 44

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 Benewah County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 56% of the life-safety total.

Benewah County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 44 Idaho counties. Nationally, Benewah County ranks 2951st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2509th for life safety per 100k residents, 2105th for property loss, and 670th 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

88%
11%
Property (buildings): $5.7M (88.4%)
Life safety: $717K (11.1%)
Agriculture: $30K (0.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,447,711 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)

Cold Wave
$399K
Heat Wave
$97K
Landslide
$80K
Ice Storm
$35K
Winter Weather
$32K
Strong Wind
$28K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.4M
Wildfire
$218K
Earthquake
$39K
Strong Wind
$17K
Ice Storm
$13K
Landslide
$11K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Benewah 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

57%
43%
Combination: 57% (4)
Volunteer: 43% (3)
Residents per Station
461
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
216.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Benewah County, ID. 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 Benewah 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 7 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sagle Fire District 26,012 $16.3M Very High 7
Saint Maries Fire Protection District 16,495 $7.1M Very High 3
Tensed Fire Protection District 10,142 $716.9K Very High 1
Worley Fire Protection District 6,396 $453.8K Very High 8
Emida Fire Protection District 4,654 $373.3K Very High 1
Fernwood Rural Fire Protection District 4,654 $373.3K Very High 1
Gateway Fire Protection District 5,488 $343.6K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.9%
Poverty Rate
23.9%
Age 65+
20.3%
Disability Rate
14.3%
Uninsured
53.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
17.8%
Mobile Homes
14.4%
Vacancy Rate
31.3%
Wood Heat
$61,564
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
9
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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