In 2025, fire departments serving Clarksville responded to 132 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
724 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 158 | — | |
| 2022 | 162 | +2.5% | |
| 2023 | 131 | -19.1% | |
| 2024 | 141 | +7.6% | |
| 2025 | 132 | -6.4% |
For the 6 building fires Clarksville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 287 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 33 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 37 | 12.9% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Clarksville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 211 | 73.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Match | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 4.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clarksville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,346 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 201 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 34.5 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47129 | 724 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Clarksville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Clarksville.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.