In 2025, fire departments serving Corydon responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
70 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $765K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | -51.9% | |
| 2024 | 14 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -21.4% |
* Well below Corydon's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 4 building fires Corydon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 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 | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 14.3% |
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 Corydon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Corydon departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Corydon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 7,569 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 716 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 517 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 418 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 356 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 265 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 225 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 | 41.0 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Corydon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Corydon.
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.