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Hart County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 67.8 Relatively High

19,603
Population
7
Departments
7
Stations
6
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
0.17
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
76th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
0.88
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
95th highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
56th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$369
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
55th 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 Hart County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 33% of the life-safety total.

Hart County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Hart County ranks 2124th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1934th for life safety per 100k residents, 1858th for property loss, and 1384th 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

75%
24%
Property (buildings): $7.2M (74.6%)
Life safety: $2.4M (24.4%)
Agriculture: $99K (1.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $9,698,634 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)

Tornado
$790K
Cold Wave
$674K
Strong Wind
$391K
Heat Wave
$179K
Lightning
$117K
Earthquake
$105K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.0M
Hail
$826K
Tornado
$742K
Earthquake
$311K
Strong Wind
$235K
Ice Storm
$111K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Hart 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (7)
Residents per Station
2,800
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hart 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 Hart 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
Mundfordville Fire And Rescue 19,603 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Horse Cave Volunteer Fire Department 12,675 $1.7M Relatively High 1
Hardyville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 11,426 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Linwood Volunteer Fire Department 8,728 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Priceville Volunteer Fire Department 6,852 $833.6K Relatively High 1
Cub Run Volunteer Fire Department 6,929 $816.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Magnolia Fire Department 6,189 $681.7K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

19.3%
Poverty Rate
17.6%
Age 65+
21.9%
Disability Rate
11.7%
Uninsured
46.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
18.2%
Mobile Homes
17.4%
Vacancy Rate
6.4%
Wood Heat
$52,679
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

12
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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