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Bottineau County, ND

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 73.5 Relatively High

6,378
Population
14
Departments
12
Stations
3
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
0.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
24th highest of 53
Life Safety per 100k
2.48
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
22nd highest of 53
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
21st highest of 53
Property Loss per Resident
$575
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
18th highest of 53

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 Bottineau County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 81% of the life-safety total.

Bottineau County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 53 North Dakota counties. Nationally, Bottineau County ranks 2219th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 433rd for life safety per 100k residents, 2544th for property loss, and 644th 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

50%
29%
21%
Property (buildings): $3.7M (49.8%)
Life safety: $2.2M (29.4%)
Agriculture: $1.5M (20.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,369,999 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 21% of expected annual loss in Bottineau 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)

Cold Wave
$1.8M
Winter Weather
$154K
Tornado
$103K
Strong Wind
$63K
Ice Storm
$28K
Lightning
$27K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.6M
Wildfire
$726K
Winter Weather
$372K
Ice Storm
$310K
Tornado
$304K
Strong Wind
$258K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bottineau 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% (14)
Residents per Station
532
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
188.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bottineau County, ND. 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 Bottineau 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 14 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Glenburn Fire Protection District 15,031 $4.8M Relatively High 1
Willow City Rural Fire Protection District 7,444 $2.6M Very High 1
Bottineau Fire Department 4,594 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Bottineau Rural Fire Department 4,145 $1.4M Very High 1
Kramer Volunteer Fire Department 4,145 $1.4M Very High 1
Newburg Rural Fire Department 4,145 $1.4M Very High 1
Westhope Fire Department 4,145 $1.4M Very High 1
Lansford Fire Department 4,088 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Mohall Fire Department 4,088 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Mohall Fire Protection District 4,088 $1.3M Relatively High 0
Souris Rural Fire Protection District 2,361 $786.0K Very High 1
Ferry Township Rural Fire Protection District 4,006 $749.7K Relatively High 0
Antler Rural Fire Protection District 1,784 $590.9K Relatively High 1
Maxbass Rural Fire Protection District 1,784 $590.9K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

7.6%
Poverty Rate
25.7%
Age 65+
11.9%
Disability Rate
8.4%
Uninsured
60.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.4%
Mobile Homes
32.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$82,230
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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