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Donley County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 77.8 Relatively High

3,257
Population
5
Departments
5
Stations
2
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
0.06
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
202nd highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.77
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
72nd highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$1.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
200th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$570
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
33rd 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 Donley County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 52% of the life-safety total.

Donley County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Donley County ranks 2908th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 781st for life safety per 100k residents, 2948th for property loss, and 656th 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

28%
12%
60%
Property (buildings): $1.9M (27.9%)
Life safety: $789K (11.9%)
Agriculture: $4.0M (60.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,640,309 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 60% of expected annual loss in Donley 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
$407K
Cold Wave
$170K
Strong Wind
$71K
Winter Weather
$30K
Lightning
$29K
Heat Wave
$29K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$469K
Inland Flooding
$469K
Hail
$292K
Strong Wind
$280K
Tornado
$241K
Ice Storm
$56K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Donley 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

20%
80%
Combination: 20% (1)
Volunteer: 80% (4)
Residents per Station
651
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
153.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 5 departments registered in NERIS Public for Donley 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 Donley 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 5 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Mclean Volunteer Fire Department 13,173 $3.4M Very High 1
Memphis Fire Department 9,167 $1.7M Very High 1
Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department 3,257 $789.0K Relatively High 1
City Of Howardwick Volunteer Fire Department 1,283 $318.5K Very High 1
Hedley Volunteer Fire Department 1,283 $318.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

7.9%
Poverty Rate
25.1%
Age 65+
8.0%
Disability Rate
17.9%
Uninsured
66.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.1%
Mobile Homes
39.5%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$58,691
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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