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Fond du Lac County, WI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.7 Relatively High

104,137
Population
18
Departments
21
Stations
23
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
1.23
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 72
Life Safety per 100k
1.18
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
50th highest of 72
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$26.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 72
Property Loss per Resident
$255
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
49th highest of 72

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 Fond du Lac County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 57% of the life-safety total.

Fond du Lac County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $26.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 72 Wisconsin counties. Nationally, Fond du Lac County ranks 472nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1421st for life safety per 100k residents, 679th for property loss, and 2263rd 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

60%
38%
Property (buildings): $26.5M (60.1%)
Life safety: $16.9M (38.2%)
Agriculture: $753K (1.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $44,131,539 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
$9.7M
Tornado
$3.7M
Strong Wind
$1.4M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Lightning
$373K
Hail
$271K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$18.9M
Tornado
$4.3M
Hail
$2.5M
Strong Wind
$552K
Earthquake
$106K
Lightning
$75K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fond du Lac 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

22%
72%
Career: 6% (1)
Combination: 22% (4)
Volunteer: 72% (13)
Residents per Station
4,959
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
20.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fond du Lac County, WI. 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 Fond du Lac 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 18 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fond Du Lac Fire & Rescue 54,446 $8.8M Relatively Moderate 3
Waupun Fire Department 20,706 $3.1M Relatively High 1
Van Dyne Volunteer Fire Department 17,831 $2.8M Relatively High 1
Mount Calvary Fire Department 16,913 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Village Of Lomira Fire Department 16,202 $2.4M Relatively High 0
Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department 12,308 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Town Of Calumet Fire Department 14,094 $2.2M Relatively High 1
City Of Ripon Fire Department 12,724 $2.1M Relatively High 1
Brownsville Fire Company, Inc. 13,216 $1.9M Relatively High 1
Kewaskum Fire Department 11,467 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Eden Fire Department 10,315 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Village of Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department 9,300 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Brandon-Fairwater Fire Department 8,855 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Town Of Fond Du Lac Volunteer Fire Department 7,744 $1.4M Relatively High 2
North Fond Du Lac Fire Department 6,246 $1.1M Relatively High 2
Lamartine Volunteer Fire Department 6,356 $950.5K Relatively High 1
Saint Cloud Volunteer Fire Department 4,707 $729.5K Relatively High 1
Alto Fire Department 3,991 $651.3K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.2%
Poverty Rate
19.8%
Age 65+
12.3%
Disability Rate
4.1%
Uninsured
61.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.7%
Mobile Homes
6.2%
Vacancy Rate
1.6%
Wood Heat
$77,699
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
6
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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