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Pawnee County, OK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 83.3 Very High

15,795
Population
11
Departments
16
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
0.37
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
41st highest of 77
Life Safety per 100k
2.36
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
14th highest of 77
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
45th highest of 77
Property Loss per Resident
$343
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
33rd 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 Pawnee County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 44% of the life-safety total.

Pawnee County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 77 Oklahoma counties. Nationally, Pawnee County ranks 1322nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 466th for life safety per 100k residents, 2161st for property loss, and 1552nd 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

48%
46%
Property (buildings): $5.4M (48.3%)
Life safety: $5.1M (45.5%)
Agriculture: $694K (6.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,229,282 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 6% of expected annual loss in Pawnee 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
$2.3M
Tornado
$1.4M
Heat Wave
$781K
Strong Wind
$370K
Wildfire
$159K
Winter Weather
$36K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.0M
Ice Storm
$891K
Wildfire
$460K
Tornado
$430K
Hail
$399K
Strong Wind
$168K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Pawnee 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

18%
73%
9%
Combination: 18% (2)
Volunteer: 73% (8)
Unreported: 9% (1)
Residents per Station
987
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
101.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Purcell Fire Department 28,942 $8.0M Very High 1
Salina Fire Department 21,291 $6.3M Very High 1
Cleveland Fire Department 11,258 $3.6M Very High 1
Keystone Volunteer Fire Department 13,603 $3.4M Relatively High 3
Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department 8,055 $2.6M Very High 1
Jennings Fire Department 7,705 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Oilton Fire Department 6,719 $2.3M Relatively High 1
North 48 Sunrise Volunteer Fire Department 6,167 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Terlton Community Volunteer Fire Department 6,167 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Maramec Fire Department 5,380 $1.9M Very High 2
Pawnee Fire Department 4,537 $1.5M Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

18.2%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
21.7%
Disability Rate
12.3%
Uninsured
55.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
23.0%
Mobile Homes
16.6%
Vacancy Rate
4.2%
Wood Heat
$58,231
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

13
Last 10 Years
31
Last 25 Years
Severe Ice Storm
Most Frequent

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