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Fleming County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 74.7 Relatively High

15,323
Population
9
Departments
11
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
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
95th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
0.86
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
102nd highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
88th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$309
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
77th highest of 120

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 Fleming County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 38% of the life-safety total.

Fleming County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Fleming County ranks 2385th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1962nd for life safety per 100k residents, 2293rd for property loss, and 1780th 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

71%
27%
Property (buildings): $4.7M (71.2%)
Life safety: $1.8M (27.2%)
Agriculture: $105K (1.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,641,438 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)

Strong Wind
$691K
Tornado
$549K
Lightning
$167K
Heat Wave
$146K
Cold Wave
$132K
Earthquake
$38K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.0M
Tornado
$389K
Earthquake
$135K
Strong Wind
$111K
Hail
$78K
Ice Storm
$21K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fleming 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

22%
78%
Combination: 22% (2)
Volunteer: 78% (7)
Residents per Station
1,393
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
71.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fleming County, KY. 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 Fleming 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Morehead Fire Department 24,578 $3.5M Relatively High 2
Flemingsburg Volunteer Fire Department 15,323 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Tollesboro Highland Volunteer Fire Department 8,649 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Farmers Volunteer Fire Department 12,938 $1.5M Relatively High 2
Mt. Carmel Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 8,038 $931.9K Relatively High 1
Ewing Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 6,131 $723.9K Relatively High 1
Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department 4,565 $556.0K Very High 1
Muses Mills Fire Department Inc. 4,565 $556.0K Very High 1
Mt Olivet/Robertson County Volunteer Fire Department 2,283 $304.3K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.2%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
19.5%
Disability Rate
6.6%
Uninsured
45.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
28.5%
Mobile Homes
13.7%
Vacancy Rate
9.3%
Wood Heat
$48,833
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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