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Cayuga County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 36.1 Relatively Low

75,102
Population
23
Departments
27
Stations
25
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
0.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.24
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
50th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
39th highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$273
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
26th highest of 62

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 Cayuga County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 25% of the life-safety total.

Cayuga County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Cayuga County ranks 2063rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3100th for life safety per 100k residents, 877th for property loss, and 2074th 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

86%
11%
Property (buildings): $20.5M (86.2%)
Life safety: $2.5M (10.5%)
Agriculture: $776K (3.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $23,788,654 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)

Tornado
$619K
Ice Storm
$489K
Strong Wind
$298K
Cold Wave
$277K
Heat Wave
$244K
Lightning
$225K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$19.0M
Strong Wind
$485K
Tornado
$255K
Ice Storm
$237K
Earthquake
$222K
Hurricane
$214K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cayuga 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

96%
Career: 4% (1)
Volunteer: 96% (22)
Residents per Station
2,782
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
36.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 23 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cayuga County, NY. 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 Cayuga 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 23 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Auburn Ny Fire Department 24,259 $776.1K Relatively Low 2
New Hope Fire Dept 7,737 $317.9K Relatively High 1
SEMPRONIUS FIRE DEPARTMENT 7,737 $317.9K Relatively High 1
West Niles Fire Company 7,737 $317.9K Relatively High 1
Genoa Fire Department 7,878 $281.4K Relatively Low 1
Port Byron Fire Department 6,549 $226.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Moravia Volunteer Fire Company 4,257 $182.1K Relatively High 1
King Ferry Fire Department 4,922 $152.5K Relatively Low 1
Weedsport Fire Department 4,269 $152.1K Relatively Low 1
Conquest Fire Company, Inc. 3,627 $131.3K Relatively High 1
Owasco Fire Department 3,511 $126.2K Relatively Moderate 2
Cato Fire Department 3,926 $107.3K Very Low 1
Long Hill Fire Department 3,111 $101.3K Relatively Low 1
Poplar Ridge Fire Company 3,111 $101.3K Relatively Low 1
Montezuma Fire Department 2,922 $95.6K Relatively Low 1
Throop Fire Department 2,922 $95.6K Relatively Low 1
Fleming Fire District 2,463 $85.7K Relatively Low 2
Aurelius Fire Department 2,593 $84.3K Relatively Low 2
Cayuga Fire Department 2,593 $84.3K Relatively Low 1
Union Springs Fire Department 2,352 $70.1K Very Low 1
Ira Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 2,019 $61.0K Very Low 1
Aurora Volunteer Fire Department 1,811 $51.3K Very Low 1
Victory Fire Deptment, Inc. 1,907 $46.3K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.5%
Poverty Rate
21.3%
Age 65+
14.3%
Disability Rate
4.5%
Uninsured
71.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.2%
Mobile Homes
14.4%
Vacancy Rate
5.8%
Wood Heat
$70,031
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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