Arborlook
Risk & Response
by Arborlook Insights

Oscoda County, MI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 37.3 Relatively Low

8,425
Population
8
Departments
10
Stations
5
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
0.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
68th highest of 83
Life Safety per 100k
1.39
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
11th highest of 83
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
79th highest of 83
Property Loss per Resident
$286
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
12th 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 Oscoda County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 64% of the life-safety total.

Oscoda County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 83 Michigan counties. Nationally, Oscoda County ranks 2494th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1145th for life safety per 100k residents, 2849th for property loss, and 1968th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Oscoda 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.

Talk to us about Oscoda County See what a department sees

What Drives the Loss

60%
40%
Property (buildings): $2.4M (59.9%)
Life safety: $1.6M (39.9%)
Agriculture: $8K (0.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,021,019 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)

Lightning
$1.0M
Cold Wave
$401K
Tornado
$98K
Strong Wind
$48K
Heat Wave
$12K
Wildfire
$9K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.0M
Wildfire
$181K
Tornado
$102K
Hail
$75K
Strong Wind
$51K
Lightning
$4K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Oscoda 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

12%
88%
Combination: 12% (1)
Volunteer: 88% (7)
Residents per Station
842
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
118.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Oscoda 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 Oscoda 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 8 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Goodar Township Volunteer Fire Department 11,336 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Tri-Town Fire Department 6,698 $1.3M Relatively Low 1
Luzerne Fire Department 5,200 $964.2K Relatively Low 1
Greenwood Township Fire Department 3,536 $680.4K Relatively Low 2
Fairview Fire Department 3,225 $642.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Clear Lake Fire Department 3,175 $361.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Curran Fire Department 1,974 $180.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Curtis Township Fire Department 1,974 $180.1K Relatively Moderate 1
No departments match your search.

Risk Snapshot

17.2%
Poverty Rate
29.4%
Age 65+
22.7%
Disability Rate
13.0%
Uninsured
64.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.9%
Mobile Homes
50.9%
Vacancy Rate
15.4%
Wood Heat
$50,087
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
5
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

Response-level intelligence for your region

Our Regional tier gives county fire authorities and state fire marshals rollup dashboards across all departments in your jurisdiction: response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.

Explore the Regional Tier See the Response Demo