In 2025, fire departments serving Goshen responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
83 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $814K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | — | |
| 2025 | 35 | +0.0% |
* Well below Goshen'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 3 building fires Goshen departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 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 Goshen mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Goshen departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Goshen sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,540 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 42.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Goshen. 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.