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Clarke County, MS

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 73.5 Relatively High

15,314
Population
5
Departments
6
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
0.24
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 82
Life Safety per 100k
1.60
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
28th highest of 82
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 82
Property Loss per Resident
$346
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
28th highest of 82

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 Clarke County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 33% of the life-safety total.

Clarke County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 82 Mississippi counties. Nationally, Clarke County ranks 1731st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 931st for life safety per 100k residents, 2192nd for property loss, and 1533rd 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

59%
37%
Property (buildings): $5.3M (58.9%)
Life safety: $3.4M (37.3%)
Agriculture: $342K (3.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $9,002,769 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)

Cold Wave
$1.1M
Tornado
$1.0M
Lightning
$538K
Heat Wave
$348K
Strong Wind
$144K
Hurricane
$52K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.4M
Tornado
$718K
Hurricane
$715K
Strong Wind
$160K
Earthquake
$152K
Hail
$109K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Clarke 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% (5)
Residents per Station
2,552
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
39.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Clarke County, MS. 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 Clarke 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Enterprise Volunteer Fire Department 5,483 $1.3M Relatively High 2
Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department 5,483 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Pachuta Volunteer Fire Department 4,990 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Carmichael Volunteer Fire Department 3,526 $811.0K Relatively High 1
Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department 3,526 $811.0K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.4%
Poverty Rate
22.3%
Age 65+
24.4%
Disability Rate
13.3%
Uninsured
43.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
26.6%
Mobile Homes
22.2%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$47,349
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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