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Perry County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 35.9 Relatively Low

35,535
Population
12
Departments
12
Stations
9
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
0.08
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
81st highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.23
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
76th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
81st highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$184
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
71st highest of 88

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 Perry County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 31% of the life-safety total.

Perry County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Perry County ranks 2752nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3122nd for life safety per 100k residents, 1987th for property loss, and 2904th 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

81%
14%
Property (buildings): $6.5M (81.0%)
Life safety: $1.1M (13.9%)
Agriculture: $412K (5.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,056,835 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 Perry 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)

Lightning
$352K
Heat Wave
$307K
Tornado
$179K
Strong Wind
$96K
Cold Wave
$68K
Inland Flooding
$44K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.5M
Tornado
$368K
Hail
$228K
Ice Storm
$160K
Strong Wind
$104K
Earthquake
$81K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Perry 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

8%
92%
Career: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 92% (11)
Residents per Station
2,961
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
33.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Perry County, OH. 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 Perry 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 12 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
National Trail Volunteer Fire Department 15,093 $521.6K Relatively Low 1
Junction City Volunteer Fire Department 12,231 $395.2K Relatively Low 1
Crooksville Fire Department 13,367 $393.2K Relatively Low 1
New Lexington Fire Department 10,561 $332.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Roseville Volunteer Fire Department 9,238 $289.7K Relatively High 1
New Straitsville Volunteer Fire Department 6,008 $250.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Hopewell Township Fire Department 7,738 $243.8K Relatively Low 1
Thorn Township Fire Department 7,738 $243.8K Relatively Low 1
Corning Volunteer Fire Department 7,107 $220.2K Relatively Low 1
Somerset-Reading Volunteer Fire Department 6,473 $210.8K Very Low 1
Monday Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department 5,758 $184.4K Relatively Low 1
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department 5,758 $184.4K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.7%
Poverty Rate
18.3%
Age 65+
16.3%
Disability Rate
8.1%
Uninsured
52.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.3%
Mobile Homes
10.6%
Vacancy Rate
4.0%
Wood Heat
$69,419
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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