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Leflore County, MS

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 87.3 Very High

27,141
Population
2
Departments
5
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
0.45
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 82
Life Safety per 100k
1.65
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
26th highest of 82
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
24th highest of 82
Property Loss per Resident
$395
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
20th 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 Leflore County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 41% of the life-safety total.

Leflore County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 82 Mississippi counties. Nationally, Leflore County ranks 1171st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 877th for life safety per 100k residents, 1451st for property loss, and 1254th 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

54%
31%
16%
Property (buildings): $10.7M (53.6%)
Life safety: $6.1M (30.6%)
Agriculture: $3.2M (15.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,040,319 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 16% of expected annual loss in Leflore 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)

Tornado
$2.5M
Cold Wave
$1.2M
Heat Wave
$919K
Earthquake
$709K
Strong Wind
$476K
Lightning
$243K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.5M
Earthquake
$1.7M
Tornado
$1.6M
Hail
$459K
Strong Wind
$209K
Hurricane
$180K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Leflore 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

50%
50%
Career: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
5,428
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
18.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Leflore 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 Leflore 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Greenwood Fire Department 21,003 $4.7M Very High 4
Schlater Volunteer Fire Department 674 $155.4K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

31.5%
Poverty Rate
15.1%
Age 65+
20.2%
Disability Rate
13.0%
Uninsured
66.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
5.4%
Mobile Homes
19.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$39,997
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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