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Kleberg County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.2 Very High

30,579
Population
4
Departments
46
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
1.35
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
41st highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
4.41
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
10th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$15.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
61st highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$520
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
40th 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 Kleberg County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 86% of the life-safety total.

Kleberg County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Kleberg County ranks 442nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 150th for life safety per 100k residents, 1086th for property loss, and 789th 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

45%
52%
Property (buildings): $15.9M (45.0%)
Life safety: $18.5M (52.2%)
Agriculture: $985K (2.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $35,337,759 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
$15.8M
Heat Wave
$1.1M
Tornado
$602K
Hurricane
$525K
Inland Flooding
$253K
Ice Storm
$98K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$10.1M
Inland Flooding
$4.8M
Hail
$495K
Tornado
$218K
Strong Wind
$85K
Wildfire
$79K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Kleberg 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%
25%
50%
Career: 25% (1)
Combination: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
665
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
150.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Kleberg 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 Kleberg 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Corpus Christi Fire Department 324,071 $54.0M Relatively High 39
Kingsville Fire Department 25,543 $15.3M Very High 4
Kleberg County Fire Rescue 9,280 $5.8M Very High 2
Premont Volunteer Fire Department 7,206 $3.6M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

28.1%
Poverty Rate
13.3%
Age 65+
13.1%
Disability Rate
16.2%
Uninsured
56.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.3%
Mobile Homes
15.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$58,482
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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