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Hopkins County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 82.1 Very High

37,784
Population
8
Departments
8
Stations
10
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
0.88
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
2.33
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
36th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$14.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
65th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$391
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
76th 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 Hopkins County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 42% of the life-safety total.

Hopkins County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $14.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Hopkins County ranks 661st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 478th for life safety per 100k residents, 1141st for property loss, and 1272nd 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

53%
43%
Property (buildings): $14.8M (52.9%)
Life safety: $12.1M (43.2%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (3.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $27,942,328 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)

Tornado
$5.0M
Cold Wave
$5.0M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$541K
Hail
$148K
Lightning
$103K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.3M
Tornado
$2.8M
Ice Storm
$1.5M
Hail
$1.4M
Strong Wind
$1.3M
Earthquake
$167K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Hopkins 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

25%
75%
Combination: 25% (2)
Volunteer: 75% (6)
Residents per Station
4,723
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
21.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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 8 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Sulphur Springs Fire Department 18,568 $6.1M Relatively High 2
Brinker Fire Department 12,225 $4.1M Very High 1
Como Fire Department 12,085 $3.9M Very High 1
Miller Grove Volunteer Fire Department 8,786 $2.8M Very High 1
North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department 5,995 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Pickton Pine Forest Volunteer Fire Department 4,730 $1.6M Very High 1
Tira Volunteer Fire Department 3,303 $1.0M Very High 0
Arbala Volunteer Fire Department 3,391 $982.5K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.9%
Poverty Rate
18.7%
Age 65+
14.6%
Disability Rate
18.7%
Uninsured
43.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.1%
Mobile Homes
11.8%
Vacancy Rate
2.4%
Wood Heat
$69,865
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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