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Comanche County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 77.7 Relatively High

13,950
Population
9
Departments
11
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
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
146th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.45
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
105th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
108th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$528
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
39th 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 Comanche County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 32% of the life-safety total.

Comanche County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Comanche County ranks 1945th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1071st for life safety per 100k residents, 1832nd for property loss, and 762nd 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

67%
25%
8%
Property (buildings): $7.4M (67.0%)
Life safety: $2.8M (25.1%)
Agriculture: $867K (7.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $11,000,928 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 8% of expected annual loss in Comanche 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
$896K
Inland Flooding
$691K
Tornado
$560K
Strong Wind
$210K
Heat Wave
$174K
Lightning
$121K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.4M
Wildfire
$1.2M
Tornado
$974K
Hail
$611K
Strong Wind
$59K
Hurricane
$46K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Comanche 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

11%
89%
Combination: 11% (1)
Volunteer: 89% (8)
Residents per Station
1,268
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
78.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Comanche 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 Comanche 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Deleon Volunteer Fire Department 19,578 $4.6M Relatively High 1
Dublin Fire Department 12,236 $3.8M Very High 1
Early Volunteer Fire Department 11,101 $2.2M Relatively High 2
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department 7,375 $1.7M Very High 1
Sipe Springs Volunteer Fire Deparment 7,816 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Gustine Volunteer Fire Department 5,341 $1.2M Very High 2
Promontory Park Volunteer Fire Department 5,742 $1.0M Very High 1
Carlton Volunteer Fire Department 5,289 $799.6K Relatively High 1
Energy Volunteer Fire Department 1,859 $267.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.2%
Poverty Rate
23.9%
Age 65+
17.6%
Disability Rate
20.7%
Uninsured
53.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.1%
Mobile Homes
22.8%
Vacancy Rate
2.0%
Wood Heat
$59,754
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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