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Bowie County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 52.6 Relatively Moderate

92,115
Population
20
Departments
34
Stations
26
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
0.81
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
0.87
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
186th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
47th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$219
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
183rd highest of 254

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

Bowie County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Bowie County ranks 717th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1944th for life safety per 100k residents, 892nd for property loss, and 2611th 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

60%
33%
Property (buildings): $20.2M (60.4%)
Life safety: $11.0M (33.1%)
Agriculture: $2.2M (6.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $33,387,951 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 Bowie 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
$5.2M
Heat Wave
$2.9M
Cold Wave
$1.4M
Lightning
$733K
Earthquake
$217K
Strong Wind
$159K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$8.5M
Hail
$5.4M
Tornado
$3.2M
Ice Storm
$1.6M
Earthquake
$741K
Strong Wind
$349K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bowie 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%
10%
80%
Career: 10% (2)
Combination: 10% (2)
Volunteer: 80% (16)
Residents per Station
2,709
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
36.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 20 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bowie County, TX. 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 Bowie 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 20 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
City Of Texarkana, Texas, Fire Department 42,945 $5.2M Relatively High 7
Maud Volunteer Fire Department 17,578 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Idabel Fire Department 11,975 $2.7M Very High 1
C-5 Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 21,119 $2.5M Relatively Moderate 3
New Boston Volunteer Fire Department 19,842 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Liberty - Eylau Volunteer Fire Department 16,749 $2.0M Relatively Low 2
De Kalb Fire & Rescue 15,216 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Haworth Volunteer Fire Department 8,184 $1.7M Very High 3
Shinewell Volunteer Fire Department 8,184 $1.7M Very High 2
Tom Volunteer Fire Department 8,184 $1.7M Very High 1
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department 9,619 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department 9,619 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Ogden Fire Department 6,279 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department 11,373 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Richmond Fire Department 6,562 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Simms District Volunteer Fire Department 8,956 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Hooks Volunteer Fire Department 6,604 $838.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Nash Fire Department 4,410 $497.8K Relatively Low 1
Wake Village Volunteer Fire Department 3,796 $469.5K Relatively Low 1
Wallace Volunteer Fire Department 2,456 $452.7K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.2%
Poverty Rate
17.5%
Age 65+
14.7%
Disability Rate
13.4%
Uninsured
42.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.0%
Mobile Homes
12.2%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$64,703
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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