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Dimmit County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 88.6 Very High

8,380
Population
2
Departments
1
Stations
3
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
0.30
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
131st highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
3.61
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
15th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
222nd highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$148
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
238th 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 Dimmit County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 79% of the life-safety total.

Dimmit County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Dimmit County ranks 1507th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 214th for life safety per 100k residents, 3088th for property loss, and 3107th 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

20%
66%
14%
Property (buildings): $1.2M (19.9%)
Life safety: $4.1M (66.1%)
Agriculture: $880K (14.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,265,749 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 14% of expected annual loss in Dimmit 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)

Heat Wave
$3.3M
Cold Wave
$540K
Tornado
$179K
Inland Flooding
$54K
Lightning
$52K
Hail
$11K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$941K
Hurricane
$106K
Tornado
$71K
Lightning
$35K
Wildfire
$30K
Hail
$27K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Dimmit 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (2)
Residents per Station
8,380
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
11.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Dimmit 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 Dimmit 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Asherton Volunteer Fire Department 8,380 $4.1M Very High 1
Carrizo Springs Volunteer Fire Department 8,380 $4.1M Very High 0
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Risk Snapshot

41.1%
Poverty Rate
16.2%
Age 65+
23.4%
Disability Rate
14.5%
Uninsured
42.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
23.9%
Mobile Homes
25.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$39,110
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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