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Wright County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.0 Very High

18,965
Population
9
Departments
11
Stations
4
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
0.48
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
2.53
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
34th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
75th highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$306
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
88th 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 Wright County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 40% of the life-safety total.

Wright County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Wright County ranks 1100th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 418th for life safety per 100k residents, 2092nd for property loss, and 1804th 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

44%
49%
7%
Property (buildings): $5.8M (43.5%)
Life safety: $6.6M (49.4%)
Agriculture: $936K (7.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $13,314,223 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 7% of expected annual loss in Wright 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)

Inland Flooding
$2.7M
Cold Wave
$1.2M
Heat Wave
$1.1M
Tornado
$757K
Strong Wind
$393K
Earthquake
$247K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.7M
Earthquake
$592K
Ice Storm
$573K
Strong Wind
$405K
Tornado
$311K
Hail
$95K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Wright 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

11%
89%
Combination: 11% (1)
Volunteer: 89% (8)
Residents per Station
1,724
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
58.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Wright 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 Wright 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Mountain Grove Fire Department 23,325 $8.8M Very High 2
Skyline Area Volunteer Fire Department, Inc 18,710 $5.9M Very High 1
Grovespring Area Voluntary Fire Protection Association 15,374 $4.5M Very High 2
Plato Rural Fire Protective Association 10,326 $3.7M Very High 1
Mansfield Fire Department 10,564 $3.5M Very High 1
Northern Wright County Volunteer Fire Department 7,872 $2.9M Very High 1
Norwood Community Fire Department 5,814 $1.9M Very High 1
Hartville Fire And Rescue 4,750 $1.6M Very High 1
Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association, Inc. 4,750 $1.6M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

18.7%
Poverty Rate
19.7%
Age 65+
17.8%
Disability Rate
13.5%
Uninsured
52.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.3%
Mobile Homes
14.1%
Vacancy Rate
16.3%
Wood Heat
$47,632
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
23
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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