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Marion County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 69.4 Relatively High

28,457
Population
6
Departments
13
Stations
8
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
0.34
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.21
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
105th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$11.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
42nd highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$399
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
53rd 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 Marion County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 35% of the life-safety total.

Marion County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $11.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Marion County ranks 1392nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1384th for life safety per 100k residents, 1395th for property loss, and 1236th 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

67%
28%
Property (buildings): $11.4M (67.4%)
Life safety: $4.7M (28.0%)
Agriculture: $777K (4.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,848,221 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
$1.4M
Strong Wind
$636K
Tornado
$452K
Lightning
$303K
Hail
$75K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$9.5M
Tornado
$739K
Hail
$441K
Strong Wind
$376K
Earthquake
$250K
Ice Storm
$38K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Marion 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

17%
83%
Career: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (5)
Residents per Station
2,189
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
45.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Marion 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 Marion 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Monroe City Fire Department 17,083 $4.5M Very High 2
Hannibal Fire Department 22,346 $4.2M Relatively High 3
Hannibal Rural Fire Protection District 17,335 $3.5M Relatively High 3
Ewing/Maywood R-4 Fire Protection District 13,842 $3.2M Relatively High 2
Palmyra Fire Protection District 11,713 $1.9M Relatively High 2
Marion County RII Rural Fire Department 3,634 $532.7K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.2%
Poverty Rate
19.0%
Age 65+
16.1%
Disability Rate
7.9%
Uninsured
63.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.8%
Mobile Homes
12.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.2%
Wood Heat
$66,295
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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