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GR-DOSSIER-20107

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Resilience Dossier

Linn CountyKansas · KS

/ 100excellent

Composite scale0 ─ 100

CriticalExcellent

State rank

#68KS

National rank

#467/ 3,436

Population

9,5896.2/km²

FIPS 20107│AREA 1,539 km²│LAT 38.2165 · LON -94.8449

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Geospatial

38.22°N, 94.84°W

Target ▸ Linn County

N│Mapbox dark-v11

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Analyst Brief

Voice ▸ Stratfor

▌Linn County is a county in Kansas, with a population of 9,589, covering 1,539 square kilometers. Population density is 6.2 people per square kilometer. On the Scout composite resilience index, Linn County scores 62 out of 100, ranked #68 in KS and #467 of 3,436 regions. The five-year average temperature anomaly versus the 20th-century baseline is 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Counties above 2.6 degrees fall inside the climate tipping-point band. The FEMA National Risk Index composite hazard score is 26 out of 100. Annual precipitation averages 41.8 inches. Net IRS migration in the most recent tax year was +5.0 per 1,000 residents. USDA classifies the county as Rural-Urban Continuum Code 1 (1 = metropolitan core, 9 = completely rural).

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Assessment Matrix

6 Dimensions

D-0161

Climate Stability

Natural hazard exposure, temperature anomaly vs. 20th-century baseline, drought, wildfire, and flood risk.

D-0256

Water & Food

Groundwater reliability, precipitation normals, growing season length, and cropland availability.

D-0369

Social Stability

Net migration, social vulnerability, and crime rates.

D-0466

Infrastructure

Solar energy potential, off-grid power viability, and proximity to nuclear facilities.

D-0544

Self-Sufficiency

Rural-urban classification, agricultural diversity, and land availability.

D-0682

Affordability

Median home value and rental costs relative to the national range. Lower cost counties score higher.

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Source Telemetry

14 Inputs

S-01Climate

FEMA NRI hazard score

26.38 /100

Temperature anomaly

1.54 °F

S-02Water

Annual precipitation

41.8 in

Soil saturation depth

1.6 ft

Growing season

210 days

S-03Social

Net migration

+5.0 /1k

Social vulnerability

0.273 /1

Crime index

8 /100

S-04Infrastructure

Solar irradiance

4.3 kWh/m²/d

Distance to nuclear facility

67.1 mi

S-05Self-Sufficiency

Cropland share

37.6 %

Rural-urban code

1 /9

S-06Affordability

Median home value

$148,200

Median rent

$763 /mo

Inputs marked “— —” are pending pipeline integration and currently use neutral defaults in the composite. They do not skew rankings.

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Cross-Reference

REF-A

Linn County on the Scout map

See this county in spatial context. Compare with neighbors. Tune the composite weights to your priorities.

REF-B

Top counties in Kansas

State rollup ranking the highest- and lowest-scoring counties for resilience by composite Scout score.

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Citations

Full methodology ▸

FEMA-NRIFEMA National Risk Index, county composite hazard score
NOAA-TMPNOAA nClimDiv county temperature anomaly, 2020-2024 vs. 1901-2000 baseline
NOAA-PCPNOAA county precipitation normals, 1991-2020
IRS-MIGIRS county-to-county migration, tax year 2021-2022
CDC-SVICDC Social Vulnerability Index, 2022 release (RPL_THEMES)
USDA-RUCCUSDA Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
NASA-PWRNASA POWER climatology, annual global horizontal irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
USDA-NASSUSDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2022, county cropland and total land area
USDA-SDMUSDA NRCS Soil Data Mart, average seasonal soil saturation depth (cm)
ACS-2022U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022, median home value and gross rent