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Jones County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 50.5 Relatively Moderate

20,304
Population
8
Departments
29
Stations
6
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
0.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
158th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
0.77
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
205th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
126th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$271
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
146th 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 Jones County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 35% of the life-safety total.

Jones County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Jones County ranks 2239th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2137th for life safety per 100k residents, 2146th for property loss, and 2094th 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

62%
24%
14%
Property (buildings): $5.5M (62.1%)
Life safety: $2.1M (24.1%)
Agriculture: $1.2M (13.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,858,673 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 Jones 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)

Inland Flooding
$751K
Tornado
$433K
Heat Wave
$352K
Strong Wind
$188K
Cold Wave
$152K
Hail
$103K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.8M
Hail
$1.3M
Tornado
$636K
Wildfire
$490K
Strong Wind
$282K
Earthquake
$16K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Jones 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

12%
88%
Career: 12% (1)
Volunteer: 88% (7)
Residents per Station
700
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
142.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Jones 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 Jones 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
Abilene Fire Department 133,507 $11.1M Relatively Moderate 19
Lueders Volunteer Fire Department 12,436 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Stamford Fire Department 13,279 $1.4M Very High 2
Hamby Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 7,898 $956.0K Very High 1
Hawley Volunteer Fire & Rescue 7,898 $956.0K Very High 1
City Of Tye Volunteer Fire Department 8,893 $927.3K Relatively High 3
Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department 5,651 $687.3K Relatively High 1
Anson Volunteer Fire Department 6,137 $682.0K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.1%
Poverty Rate
16.0%
Age 65+
18.1%
Disability Rate
19.3%
Uninsured
66.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.2%
Mobile Homes
16.2%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$45,330
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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