In 2025, fire departments serving Evarts responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
112 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023* | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 47 | — | |
| 2025 | 34 | -27.7% |
* Well below Evarts'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 1 building fires Evarts departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | 18 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Wall surface: exterior | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Assembly or sales area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 10.5% |
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 Evarts mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 76.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 2.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Evarts departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $25,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $750 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Evarts sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 91,445 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7,400 | 5.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,700 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,070 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,675 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,539 | 5.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,500 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3,500 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,406 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,300 | 7.7 mi |
Top 3 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 Evarts. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.