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Gasconade County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 71.3 Relatively High

14,746
Population
8
Departments
22
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
0.27
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
75th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.86
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
60th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$544
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
27th highest of 115

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 Gasconade County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 45% of the life-safety total.

Gasconade County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Gasconade County ranks 1615th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 727th for life safety per 100k residents, 1753rd for property loss, and 726th 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

68%
32%
Property (buildings): $8.0M (67.5%)
Life safety: $3.8M (31.6%)
Agriculture: $106K (0.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,877,241 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)

Heat Wave
$1.7M
Cold Wave
$1.0M
Tornado
$439K
Strong Wind
$283K
Earthquake
$178K
Lightning
$84K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.8M
Earthquake
$435K
Tornado
$341K
Hail
$231K
Ice Storm
$135K
Winter Weather
$43K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Gasconade 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% (8)
Residents per Station
670
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
149.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Gasconade County, MO. 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 Gasconade 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
Owensville Volunteer Fire Department 16,820 $4.4M Relatively High 3
Bland Fire Protection District 11,948 $3.3M Relatively High 0
Montgomery Volunteer Fire Protection District 11,448 $3.1M Very High 4
Morrison Volunteer Fire Department 12,024 $3.1M Relatively High 2
Gerald-Rosebud Fire Protection District 12,521 $2.9M Relatively High 7
New Florence Fire Protection District 7,745 $2.2M Very High 1
Hermann Fire Co. No. 1 7,183 $1.8M Relatively High 4
Rhineland Area Volunteer Fire Department 2,737 $849.8K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.6%
Poverty Rate
23.4%
Age 65+
16.4%
Disability Rate
5.8%
Uninsured
57.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.6%
Mobile Homes
20.0%
Vacancy Rate
13.3%
Wood Heat
$63,067
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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