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Mahnomen County, MN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.6 Relatively High

5,358
Population
4
Departments
4
Stations
2
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
0.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
85th highest of 87
Life Safety per 100k
0.37
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
86th highest of 87
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
87th highest of 87
Property Loss per Resident
$230
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
80th highest of 87

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 Mahnomen County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 63% of the life-safety total.

Mahnomen County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 87 Minnesota counties. Nationally, Mahnomen County ranks 3153rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2836th for life safety per 100k residents, 3089th for property loss, and 2499th 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

52%
12%
36%
Property (buildings): $1.2M (52.3%)
Life safety: $271K (11.5%)
Agriculture: $849K (36.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $2,349,938 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.

Agriculture is 36% of expected annual loss in Mahnomen County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$172K
Strong Wind
$29K
Tornado
$25K
Winter Weather
$16K
Heat Wave
$14K
Wildfire
$6K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$895K
Tornado
$162K
Strong Wind
$49K
Wildfire
$40K
Winter Weather
$30K
Lightning
$29K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Mahnomen 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

25%
75%
Volunteer: 25% (1)
Unreported: 75% (3)
Residents per Station
1,340
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
74.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Mahnomen County, MN. 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 Mahnomen 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fosston Fire Department 5,695 $726.3K Relatively High 1
Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 9,161 $535.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Mahnomen Fire Department 5,358 $270.9K Relatively High 1
Twin Lakes Volunteer Fire Department 2,511 $125.4K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

18.3%
Poverty Rate
17.9%
Age 65+
16.5%
Disability Rate
11.9%
Uninsured
57.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.8%
Mobile Homes
26.0%
Vacancy Rate
8.2%
Wood Heat
$60,125
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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