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Marion County, OR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 68.9 Relatively High

349,244
Population
21
Departments
117
Stations
65
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
4.63
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 36
Life Safety per 100k
1.32
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
16th highest of 36
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$107.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 36
Property Loss per Resident
$308
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
30th highest of 36

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 Marion County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 85% of the life-safety total.

Marion County carries an expected 5 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $107.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 36 Oregon counties. Nationally, Marion County ranks 110th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1229th for life safety per 100k residents, 197th for property loss, and 1787th 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

63%
37%
Property (buildings): $107.4M (62.8%)
Life safety: $63.4M (37.1%)
Agriculture: $233K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $171,067,833 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)

Earthquake
$54.0M
Heat Wave
$6.4M
Lightning
$960K
Cold Wave
$930K
Strong Wind
$301K
Tornado
$232K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$68.2M
Inland Flooding
$37.3M
Strong Wind
$1.6M
Hail
$127K
Ice Storm
$107K
Wildfire
$71K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Marion 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

10%
71%
10%
10%
Career: 10% (2)
Combination: 71% (15)
Volunteer: 10% (2)
Unreported: 10% (2)
Residents per Station
2,985
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
33.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 21 departments registered in NERIS Public for Marion County, OR. 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 Marion 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 21 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue 567,597 $76.9M Relatively Moderate 31
Salem Fire Department 183,966 $35.9M Relatively Moderate 15
Marion County Fire District #1 65,805 $11.8M Relatively High 16
Woodburn Fire District 52,374 $10.0M Very High 12
Polk County Fire District No. 1 47,728 $6.2M Relatively High 8
Keizer Fire District 35,072 $5.9M Relatively High 1
Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District 25,323 $5.6M Very High 3
Aurora Rural Fire Protection District #63 21,336 $4.8M Very High 2
Silverton Fire District 28,602 $4.5M Relatively High 10
Stayton Rural Fire Protection District 28,210 $4.5M Very High 4
Aumsville Rural Fire Protection District 24,924 $4.3M Very High 2
Turner Fire District 18,250 $3.4M Very High 1
Monitor Rural Fire Protection District #58 12,313 $2.5M Very High 2
Mt Angel Fire District 11,632 $2.4M Very High 1
Sublimity Fire District 17,641 $2.1M Relatively High 2
Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District 7,905 $2.0M Very High 1
St. Paul Fire District 4,239 $866.0K Relatively High 2
Drakes Crossing RFPD 5,772 $685.1K Relatively High 1
Gates Rural Fire Protection District 5,343 $566.5K Very High 1
Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District 5,343 $566.5K Very High 1
Mill City RFPD 5,343 $566.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.0%
Poverty Rate
16.7%
Age 65+
15.8%
Disability Rate
8.6%
Uninsured
51.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.4%
Mobile Homes
4.1%
Vacancy Rate
2.9%
Wood Heat
$80,986
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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