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Craven County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.0 Very High

102,612
Population
19
Departments
39
Stations
26
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
1.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.99
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
19th highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$102.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$999
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
8th 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 Craven County, the largest single contributor is Hurricane, 34% of the life-safety total.

Craven County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $102.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Craven County ranks 581st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1738th for life safety per 100k residents, 207th for property loss, and 123rd 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

87%
12%
Property (buildings): $102.5M (86.7%)
Life safety: $14.0M (11.8%)
Agriculture: $1.8M (1.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $118,299,861 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)

Hurricane
$4.7M
Tornado
$3.0M
Heat Wave
$1.6M
Lightning
$1.1M
Winter Weather
$844K
Inland Flooding
$832K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$86.2M
Inland Flooding
$13.2M
Tornado
$1.8M
Wildfire
$437K
Earthquake
$273K
Ice Storm
$165K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Craven 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%
84%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 11% (2)
Volunteer: 84% (16)
Residents per Station
2,631
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
38.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 19 departments registered in NERIS Public for Craven 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 Craven 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 19 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
No 7 Township Fire & Rescue Department 41,332 $5.7M Very High 0
New Bern Fire-Rescue Department 36,587 $5.1M Very High 4
Township Six Fire Department 22,899 $3.1M Very High 2
Cleveland County Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 43,997 $3.0M Relatively Moderate 4
West Of New Bern Fire Department 17,868 $2.6M Very High 3
Rhems Fire & Rescue 14,966 $2.0M Very High 2
Havelock Fire/ Rescue 14,459 $1.9M Very High 3
Sand Hill Volunteer Fire Department 11,077 $1.9M Very High 1
Harlowe Volunteer Fire Department 14,220 $1.8M Very High 3
Little Swift Creek Volunteer Fire Department 12,689 $1.8M Very High 4
Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department 11,425 $1.7M Very High 3
Number Nine Township Fire Company 10,835 $1.6M Very High 2
The Grifton Community Fire Association, Inc. 18,409 $1.6M Relatively High 0
Cove City Fire & Rescue 11,675 $1.4M Very High 1
Gardnerville Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 9,529 $779.2K Relatively High 1
Pollocksville Volunteer Fire Department 6,012 $617.2K Very High 1
Cherry Point Fire Department 6,380 $597.4K Relatively High 3
Dover Volunteer Fire Department 3,387 $410.9K Very High 1
Olympia Volunteer Fire Department 2,877 $396.2K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.7%
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Age 65+
16.0%
Disability Rate
7.8%
Uninsured
32.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.6%
Mobile Homes
11.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$64,701
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

14
Last 10 Years
23
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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