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Clinton County, MI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 31.4 Relatively Low

79,626
Population
14
Departments
18
Stations
23
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
0.52
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 83
Life Safety per 100k
0.65
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
44th highest of 83
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 83
Property Loss per Resident
$213
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
49th highest of 83

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 Clinton County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 41% of the life-safety total.

Clinton County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 83 Michigan counties. Nationally, Clinton County ranks 1038th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2308th for life safety per 100k residents, 1023rd for property loss, and 2663rd 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

69%
29%
Property (buildings): $16.9M (69.5%)
Life safety: $7.1M (29.2%)
Agriculture: $314K (1.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $24,366,124 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.

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
$2.9M
Cold Wave
$2.4M
Strong Wind
$1.3M
Heat Wave
$213K
Lightning
$98K
Hail
$36K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$11.4M
Tornado
$2.6M
Strong Wind
$2.0M
Hail
$636K
Ice Storm
$196K
Earthquake
$116K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clinton 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

29%
64%
Career: 7% (1)
Combination: 29% (4)
Volunteer: 64% (9)
Residents per Station
4,424
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
22.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clinton County, MI. 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 Clinton 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 14 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
East Lansing Fire Department 46,406 $3.4M Relatively Low 2
Lsw Emergency Services 13,611 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 3
DeWitt Township Fire Department 16,667 $1.4M Very Low 2
St. Johns Fire Department 16,210 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Bath Township Fire Department 11,174 $1.2M Relatively Low 1
Elsie Area Fire Department 9,649 $1.1M Relatively Low 1
Westphalia Township Fire Department 12,933 $1.1M Relatively Low 1
Ovid-Middlebury Fire Department 7,473 $854.1K Relatively Low 1
Pewamo Fire Department 9,848 $743.2K Relatively Low 1
Grand Ledge Area Emergency Services Authority 13,299 $695.5K Relatively Low 1
Dewitt Area Emergency Services Authority 8,101 $690.6K Relatively Low 1
Maple Rapids Fire Department 6,775 $620.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Hubbardston Fire Department 9,143 $619.8K Relatively Low 1
Dallas Township Fire And Rescue 5,918 $499.3K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.7%
Poverty Rate
18.8%
Age 65+
12.9%
Disability Rate
2.9%
Uninsured
49.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.1%
Mobile Homes
5.0%
Vacancy Rate
3.3%
Wood Heat
$88,551
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
4
Last 25 Years
Snowstorm
Most Frequent

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