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Granville County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 53.2 Relatively Moderate

60,877
Population
13
Departments
14
Stations
15
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
62nd highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.39
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
80th highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$15.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$257
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th 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 Granville County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 40% of the life-safety total.

Granville County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Granville County ranks 1748th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2779th for life safety per 100k residents, 1093rd for property loss, and 2239th 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

78%
16%
Property (buildings): $15.7M (78.2%)
Life safety: $3.3M (16.4%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (5.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $20,011,693 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 5% of expected annual loss in Granville 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
$1.3M
Heat Wave
$894K
Lightning
$223K
Strong Wind
$210K
Cold Wave
$175K
Winter Weather
$160K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$10.3M
Hurricane
$3.4M
Tornado
$943K
Earthquake
$383K
Hail
$299K
Strong Wind
$118K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Granville 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

77%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 77% (10)
Unreported: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
4,348
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
23.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Granville 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 Granville 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Providence Community Volunteer Fire Department 31,626 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Corinth Volunteer Fire Department 22,936 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Butner Public Safety 21,959 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Oxford (Catfish) Fire Department 20,846 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Creedmoor Volunteer Fire Department 17,089 $938.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Oxford Fire Department 15,758 $878.1K Relatively High 1
Granville Rural Fire Department 16,034 $863.8K Relatively High 1
Brassfield Volunteer Fire Department 15,137 $832.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Stem Community Fire Department & Ems, Inc. 13,664 $751.6K Relatively High 1
Total Community Fire Department Of Berea 9,055 $454.6K Relatively High 1
Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department 8,023 $416.9K Relatively High 1
Bullock Volunteer Fire Department 4,400 $253.2K Relatively High 1
Stovall Volunteer Fire Department 4,400 $253.2K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.2%
Poverty Rate
17.7%
Age 65+
16.9%
Disability Rate
9.3%
Uninsured
32.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
19.0%
Mobile Homes
9.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.9%
Wood Heat
$72,873
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

12
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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