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Outagamie County, WI

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 38.0 Relatively Low

192,826
Population
23
Departments
30
Stations
47
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
1.95
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 72
Life Safety per 100k
1.01
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
61st highest of 72
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$32.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 72
Property Loss per Resident
$166
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
70th 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 Outagamie County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 67% of the life-safety total.

Outagamie County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $32.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 72 Wisconsin counties. Nationally, Outagamie County ranks 290th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1715th for life safety per 100k residents, 561st for property loss, and 3018th 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

54%
45%
Property (buildings): $32.0M (54.2%)
Life safety: $26.7M (45.2%)
Agriculture: $348K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $59,040,968 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
$17.9M
Tornado
$4.6M
Lightning
$1.6M
Heat Wave
$1.4M
Strong Wind
$537K
Hail
$349K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$24.5M
Tornado
$3.6M
Hail
$2.8M
Strong Wind
$808K
Ice Storm
$146K
Lightning
$122K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Outagamie 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

9%
13%
78%
Career: 9% (2)
Combination: 13% (3)
Volunteer: 78% (18)
Residents per Station
6,428
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
15.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 23 departments registered in NERIS Public for Outagamie 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 Outagamie 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 23 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Appleton Fire Department 69,520 $9.8M Relatively Low 6
New London Fire Department 29,414 $5.1M Relatively High 1
Grand Chute Fire Department 35,265 $4.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Vandenbroek-Kaukauna Fire & Rescue 23,391 $3.0M Relatively Low 1
Little Chute Fire Department 20,458 $2.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Nichols Rural Fire Department 14,514 $2.6M Relatively High 1
Shiocton-Bovina Fire Department 18,627 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Wrightstown Fire Department 19,468 $2.4M Relatively High 1
FOX CROSSING FIRE DEPARTMENT 15,594 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department 14,617 $2.2M Relatively High 1
Town Of Buchanan Fire & Rescue Department 16,704 $2.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Greenville Fire And EMS 15,621 $2.2M Relatively Low 1
Dale Fire & Rescue 10,082 $1.7M Relatively High 1
Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 12,191 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Black Creek Fire Department 7,753 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Ellington Fire Department 7,753 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Hortonville-Hortonia Fire District 6,856 $945.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Freedom Volunteer Fire Company 6,611 $897.3K Relatively Low 1
Kimberly Fire Department 5,855 $823.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Seymour Fire Department 5,750 $801.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Oneida Volunteer Fire Department Township 4,560 $615.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Center Fire Department 3,725 $522.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Combined Locks Fire Department 3,247 $429.2K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

6.3%
Poverty Rate
16.6%
Age 65+
11.6%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
49.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
1.0%
Mobile Homes
3.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$88,918
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
7
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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