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Real County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.6 Very High

2,802
Population
6
Departments
6
Stations
1
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
0.37
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
119th highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
13.29
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
2nd highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
186th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$896
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
10th 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 Real County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 94% of the life-safety total.

Real County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Real County ranks 1323rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 35th for life safety per 100k residents, 2830th for property loss, and 183rd 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

33%
66%
Property (buildings): $2.5M (32.7%)
Life safety: $5.1M (66.5%)
Agriculture: $63K (0.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,676,390 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)

Inland Flooding
$4.8M
Cold Wave
$108K
Lightning
$66K
Tornado
$51K
Heat Wave
$34K
Winter Weather
$8K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.2M
Wildfire
$112K
Tornado
$52K
Hail
$42K
Hurricane
$29K
Strong Wind
$18K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Real 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

17%
83%
Combination: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (5)
Residents per Station
467
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
214.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Real 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 Real 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Utopia Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 8,649 $8.9M Very High 1
Nueces Canyon Volunteer Fire Department 6,354 $8.2M Very High 1
Cooper Volunteer Fire Department 10,138 $6.6M Relatively High 1
Powderly Volunteer Fire Department 7,484 $6.4M Very High 1
Vanderpool Volunteer Fire Department 5,285 $6.2M Very High 1
Leakey Volunteer Fire Department 2,802 $5.1M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.9%
Poverty Rate
37.9%
Age 65+
35.0%
Disability Rate
16.2%
Uninsured
34.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
35.5%
Mobile Homes
42.2%
Vacancy Rate
3.5%
Wood Heat
$39,605
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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