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Bingham County, ID

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 73.9 Relatively High

49,664
Population
5
Departments
10
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
0.66
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 44
Life Safety per 100k
1.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
21st highest of 44
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 44
Property Loss per Resident
$272
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
33rd 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 Bingham County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 44% of the life-safety total.

Bingham County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 44 Idaho counties. Nationally, Bingham County ranks 867th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1236th for life safety per 100k residents, 1216th for property loss, and 2080th 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

59%
39%
Property (buildings): $13.5M (58.6%)
Life safety: $9.0M (38.9%)
Agriculture: $576K (2.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $23,104,481 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
$3.9M
Heat Wave
$2.4M
Earthquake
$1.2M
Lightning
$618K
Winter Weather
$600K
Strong Wind
$145K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$9.4M
Earthquake
$3.2M
Wildfire
$608K
Hail
$193K
Strong Wind
$158K
Tornado
$20K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bingham 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

20%
20%
60%
Career: 20% (1)
Combination: 20% (1)
Volunteer: 60% (3)
Residents per Station
4,966
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
20.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bingham 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 Bingham 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Shelley-Firth Fire Protection District 50,833 $12.6M Relatively High 2
Blackfoot Fire Department 45,553 $8.3M Relatively High 2
Idaho National Laboratory Fire Department 15,229 $4.2M Relatively High 3
Soda Springs Fire Department 12,507 $2.7M Very High 1
Aberdeen/Springfield Fire District 10,862 $1.7M Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

11.7%
Poverty Rate
15.2%
Age 65+
14.8%
Disability Rate
8.9%
Uninsured
53.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.2%
Mobile Homes
8.0%
Vacancy Rate
4.6%
Wood Heat
$79,699
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
4
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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