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Lapeer County, MI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 44.9 Relatively Moderate

88,837
Population
18
Departments
20
Stations
24
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
0.68
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
22nd highest of 83
Life Safety per 100k
0.77
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
34th highest of 83
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$18.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 83
Property Loss per Resident
$209
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
51st 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 Lapeer County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 53% of the life-safety total.

Lapeer County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $18.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 83 Michigan counties. Nationally, Lapeer County ranks 832nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2135th for life safety per 100k residents, 947th for property loss, and 2691st for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Lapeer County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.

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What Drives the Loss

66%
33%
Property (buildings): $18.6M (66.2%)
Life safety: $9.3M (33.4%)
Agriculture: $122K (0.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $28,023,199 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
$5.0M
Tornado
$3.0M
Strong Wind
$785K
Heat Wave
$358K
Lightning
$196K
Earthquake
$24K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.4M
Tornado
$2.6M
Strong Wind
$1.6M
Hail
$414K
Ice Storm
$271K
Earthquake
$102K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lapeer 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

94%
Combination: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 94% (17)
Residents per Station
4,442
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
22.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lapeer 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 Lapeer 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 18 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Lapeer Fire & Rescue 31,870 $3.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Marlette Fire Department 11,146 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Mayville Fire Department 11,561 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Almont Fire Department 15,028 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Columbiaville Fire Department 10,148 $1.1M Relatively Low 1
Dryden Township Fire Department 11,075 $1.1M Relatively Low 2
Attica Fire Department 9,994 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Watertown Township Fire Department 7,190 $911.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Imlay City Fire Department 6,860 $712.0K Relatively Low 1
North Branch Township Fire Department 6,516 $608.8K Relatively Low 1
Elba Township Fire Department 5,237 $591.5K Relatively Moderate 2
Burlington Township Fire Department 7,129 $548.2K Relatively Low 1
Burlington Township Fire Department 7,129 $548.2K Relatively Low 1
Hadley Township Fire Department 4,541 $514.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Metamora Township Fire & Rescue 4,443 $485.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Otter Lake Fire Department 4,234 $411.7K Very Low 1
Goodland Township Fire Department 3,596 $336.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Arcadia Township Fire Department 3,164 $300.8K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.7%
Poverty Rate
20.2%
Age 65+
15.5%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
53.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.3%
Mobile Homes
6.2%
Vacancy Rate
4.1%
Wood Heat
$78,809
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
5
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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