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Hill County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 78.5 Relatively High

37,328
Population
18
Departments
18
Stations
12
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
1.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
47th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
3.10
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
21st highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
105th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$210
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
188th 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 Hill County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 63% of the life-safety total.

Hill County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Hill County ranks 515th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 294th for life safety per 100k residents, 1775th for property loss, and 2686th 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

32%
64%
Property (buildings): $7.8M (31.7%)
Life safety: $15.8M (64.1%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (4.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $24,715,067 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)

Cold Wave
$10.0M
Tornado
$3.8M
Heat Wave
$935K
Lightning
$498K
Strong Wind
$369K
Inland Flooding
$80K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$4.5M
Tornado
$1.6M
Hail
$590K
Wildfire
$344K
Ice Storm
$232K
Hurricane
$218K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Hill 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

89%
Career: 6% (1)
Combination: 6% (1)
Volunteer: 89% (16)
Residents per Station
2,074
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
48.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hill 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 Hill 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 18 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Hillsboro Department Of Public Safety 14,202 $5.9M Relatively High 3
Grandview Volunteer Fire Department 28,050 $5.4M Relatively High 2
Itasca Fire Department 15,292 $5.2M Relatively High 1
2604 Volunteer Fire Department 10,458 $4.7M Very High 1
Covington Volunteer Fire Department 9,134 $4.0M Very High 1
Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department 8,377 $3.8M Relatively High 1
Whitney Fire Department 7,358 $3.4M Relatively High 0
Malone Volunteer Fire Department 8,473 $3.3M Very High 0
Peoria Volunteer Fire Department 6,009 $2.7M Relatively High 0
Abbott Volunteer Fire Department 6,394 $2.6M Relatively High 1
Blum Volunteer Fire Department 4,460 $2.1M Very High 1
White Bluff Volunteer Fire Department 4,460 $2.1M Very High 1
Hubbard Volunteer Fire Department 4,362 $1.7M Very High 1
Mount Calm Volunteer Fire Department 4,362 $1.7M Very High 1
Penelope Volunteer Fire Department 4,362 $1.7M Very High 1
Lakeside Village Area Volunteer Fire Department 5,691 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Morgan Volunteer Fire Department 5,691 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Mertens Volunteer Fire Department 4,111 $1.6M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.7%
Poverty Rate
20.4%
Age 65+
18.4%
Disability Rate
18.6%
Uninsured
44.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.3%
Mobile Homes
16.2%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$63,933
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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