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Choctaw County, OK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 81.0 Very High

14,297
Population
17
Departments
20
Stations
5
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
0.28
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 77
Life Safety per 100k
1.96
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
28th highest of 77
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
63rd highest of 77
Property Loss per Resident
$222
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
75th highest of 77

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 Choctaw County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 48% of the life-safety total.

Choctaw County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 77 Oklahoma counties. Nationally, Choctaw County ranks 1593rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 650th for life safety per 100k residents, 2664th for property loss, and 2581st 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

34%
42%
24%
Property (buildings): $3.2M (34.5%)
Life safety: $3.8M (41.7%)
Agriculture: $2.2M (23.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $9,208,856 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 24% of expected annual loss in Choctaw 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
$1.8M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Cold Wave
$426K
Inland Flooding
$155K
Strong Wind
$120K
Lightning
$46K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.6M
Ice Storm
$517K
Tornado
$509K
Hail
$251K
Strong Wind
$117K
Earthquake
$88K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Choctaw 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

94%
Career: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 94% (16)
Residents per Station
715
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
139.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 17 departments registered in NERIS Public for Choctaw County, OK. 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 Choctaw 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 17 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Powderly Volunteer Fire Department 7,484 $6.4M Very High 1
Murry Spur Volunteer Fire Department 20,761 $4.9M Very High 1
Novice Volunteer Fire Department 10,686 $3.0M Very High 1
Sawyer Volunteer Fire Department 10,176 $2.8M Very High 1
Chicota Volunteer Fire Department 9,324 $2.7M Very High 2
Rattan Volunteer Fire Department 9,089 $2.5M Very High 1
Speer Volunteer Fire Department 8,602 $2.3M Very High 1
Grant Volunteer Fire Department 7,380 $2.2M Very High 1
Rufe Volunteer Fire Department 9,643 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Bluff Fire Deparment, Inc. 5,677 $1.6M Very High 1
Nelson Volunteer Fire Department 5,677 $1.6M Very High 1
Soper Volunteer Fire Department 5,677 $1.6M Very High 1
Hugo Fire Department 5,864 $1.5M Relatively High 2
Fort Towson Volunteer Fire Department City Of 5,453 $1.2M Very High 1
Sobol Volunteer Fire Department 5,453 $1.2M Very High 1
Bogata Fire & Rescue 5,226 $1.1M Very High 1
Boswell Volunteer Fire Department 2,939 $786.6K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

23.2%
Poverty Rate
20.9%
Age 65+
26.5%
Disability Rate
17.7%
Uninsured
47.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.8%
Mobile Homes
16.8%
Vacancy Rate
2.8%
Wood Heat
$45,860
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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