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Catron County, NM

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 93.9 Very High

3,743
Population
8
Departments
14
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
0.06
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 33
Life Safety per 100k
1.49
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 33
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 33
Property Loss per Resident
$1,619
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd highest of 33

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 Catron County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 64% of the life-safety total.

Catron County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 33 New Mexico counties. Nationally, Catron County ranks 2921st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1038th for life safety per 100k residents, 2053rd for property loss, and 32nd 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

89%
11%
Property (buildings): $6.1M (88.7%)
Life safety: $762K (11.2%)
Agriculture: $8K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,828,677 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)

Lightning
$489K
Cold Wave
$102K
Wildfire
$83K
Landslide
$49K
Winter Weather
$20K
Heat Wave
$7K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$3.1M
Inland Flooding
$3.0M
Earthquake
$20K
Landslide
$10K
Hail
$2K
Strong Wind
$1K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Catron 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% (8)
Residents per Station
267
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
374.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Catron County, NM. 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 Catron 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 8 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire & Rescue 6,332 $1.0M Very High 1
Cliff-Gila Volunteer Fire Department 6,910 $936.4K Very High 2
Fence Lake Volunteer Fire Department 9,067 $926.4K Relatively High 1
Cruzville-Apache Creek-Aragon Volunteer Fire Department 3,743 $762.4K Very High 2
Catron County 30 1,772 $382.7K Very High 2
Pie Town Volunteer Fire Department 1,772 $382.7K Very High 2
Luna Fire & Ambulance 1,971 $379.6K Very High 1
Village Of Reserve Fire Department 1,971 $379.6K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

24.8%
Poverty Rate
47.6%
Age 65+
37.4%
Disability Rate
6.3%
Uninsured
37.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
38.1%
Mobile Homes
47.5%
Vacancy Rate
31.5%
Wood Heat
$47,304
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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