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Rockingham County, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 58.4 Relatively Moderate

85,600
Population
19
Departments
49
Stations
22
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
0.26
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
31st highest of 133
Life Safety per 100k
0.30
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
90th highest of 133
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$26.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 133
Property Loss per Resident
$307
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
23rd highest of 133

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 Rockingham County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 29% of the life-safety total.

Rockingham County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $26.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 133 Virginia counties. Nationally, Rockingham County ranks 1674th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2990th for life safety per 100k residents, 687th for property loss, and 1793rd 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

75%
10%
15%
Property (buildings): $26.3M (75.2%)
Life safety: $3.5M (10.2%)
Agriculture: $5.1M (14.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $34,920,502 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 15% of expected annual loss in Rockingham 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)

Heat Wave
$1.0M
Strong Wind
$892K
Lightning
$636K
Inland Flooding
$227K
Cold Wave
$192K
Tornado
$166K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$23.7M
Hurricane
$1.1M
Earthquake
$540K
Tornado
$320K
Hail
$212K
Strong Wind
$97K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Rockingham 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

16%
53%
26%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 16% (3)
Volunteer: 53% (10)
Unreported: 26% (5)
Residents per Station
1,747
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
57.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 19 departments registered in NERIS Public for Rockingham County, VA. 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 Rockingham 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 19 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Harrisonburg Fire Department 49,094 $1.6M Relatively Low 6
Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 36,327 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Broadway Volunteer Fire Department 28,236 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Mt. Solon Volunteer Fire & Rescue 20,372 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Rockingham County Department Of Fire & Rescue 30,500 $1.1M Relatively Low 20
Elkton Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 26,012 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Hose Company No 4 (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 26,409 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Clover Hill Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 17,067 $967.5K Relatively High 1
Mcgaheysville Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 20,354 $859.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Timberville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 18,087 $768.4K Relatively High 1
Weyers Cave Fire Department 17,603 $732.9K Relatively Moderate 1
New Market Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Shenandoah County Fire & Rescue) 15,469 $628.7K Relatively High 1
Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 10,950 $543.5K Relatively High 1
Stanardsville Volunteer Fire Department 13,319 $509.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Singers Glen Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 11,305 $445.3K Relatively High 1
Bergton Volunteer Fire Company (Rockingham County Fire & Rescue) 7,469 $399.4K Very High 1
Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Company 7,616 $258.7K Relatively High 1
Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire Company 4,463 $242.4K Very High 4
South Fork Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 1,602 $228.5K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

9.8%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
13.2%
Disability Rate
10.6%
Uninsured
41.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.3%
Mobile Homes
10.6%
Vacancy Rate
8.4%
Wood Heat
$81,089
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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