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Camden County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.2 Relatively High

10,927
Population
3
Departments
7
Stations
2
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
0.05
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
99th highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.46
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
71st highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
100th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$196
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
89th highest of 100

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 Camden County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 20% of the life-safety total.

Camden County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Camden County ranks 2968th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2634th for life safety per 100k residents, 2893rd for property loss, and 2798th 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

62%
20%
18%
Property (buildings): $2.1M (61.8%)
Life safety: $684K (19.7%)
Agriculture: $642K (18.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $3,471,306 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 18% of expected annual loss in Camden 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)

Heat Wave
$133K
Cold Wave
$106K
Strong Wind
$105K
Tornado
$93K
Lightning
$85K
Winter Weather
$57K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.2M
Hurricane
$568K
Coastal Flooding
$177K
Tornado
$82K
Earthquake
$15K
Hail
$13K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Camden 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

33%
67%
Combination: 33% (1)
Volunteer: 67% (2)
Residents per Station
1,561
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
64.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Camden County, NC. 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 Camden 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 3 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Elizabeth City Fire Department 37,874 $2.8M Relatively High 4
South Camden Fire Department 10,927 $683.8K Relatively High 2
South Mills Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 6,641 $374.8K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

6.1%
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Age 65+
12.9%
Disability Rate
4.5%
Uninsured
21.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.0%
Mobile Homes
6.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$89,041
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

12
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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