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.
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 Marathon County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 85% of the life-safety total.
Marathon County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $41.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 72 Wisconsin counties. Nationally, Marathon County ranks 241st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 825th for life safety per 100k residents, 447th for property loss, and 1829th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.
Add fire mortality, cause, and loss
Natural hazard exposure is one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Marathon County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.
Talk to us about Marathon County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $74,853,019 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Marathon 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
Department composition covers the 23 departments registered in NERIS Public for Marathon 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 Marathon 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.
| Department ▲ | Est. Population ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ | Stations ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigo Township Volunteer Fire Department | 25,482 | $10.1M | Very High | 2 |
| City of Wausau Fire Department | 36,734 | $8.5M | Relatively High | 3 |
| South Area Fire & Emergency Response District | 34,883 | $8.4M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department | 24,752 | $5.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Stratford Area Fire Department | 18,995 | $4.5M | Very High | 7 |
| Edgar Volunteer Fire Department | 18,239 | $4.4M | Very High | 1 |
| Spencer Fire Department | 17,117 | $3.8M | Very High | 1 |
| Mosinee Fire District | 15,767 | $3.7M | Very High | 2 |
| Kronenwetter Fire Department | 15,121 | $3.6M | Very High | 1 |
| Village of Maine Fire Department | 14,879 | $3.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Wittenberg Fire Department | 11,044 | $3.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Riverside Fire District | 14,189 | $3.2M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Marathon City Fire Department | 12,438 | $3.0M | Very High | 1 |
| Central Fire And Ems District | 12,978 | $2.9M | Very High | 3 |
| Birnamwood Area Fire & Ambulance Service | 10,352 | $2.9M | Very High | 1 |
| Athens Area Fire Department | 10,142 | $2.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department | 9,820 | $2.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Auburndale Fire | 10,366 | $2.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Easton Fire Department | 5,892 | $1.4M | Very High | 1 |
| Ringle Fire Department | 5,892 | $1.4M | Very High | 1 |
| Town Of Wausau Fire Department | 5,812 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Town Of Texas Volunteer Fire Department | 4,667 | $987.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| McMillan Fire Department | 2,737 | $664.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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