In 2025, fire departments serving Henryville responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
May peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
231 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | 49 | +14.0% | |
| 2023 | 45 | -8.2% | |
| 2024 | 35 | -22.2% | |
| 2025 | 59 | +68.6% |
For the 9 building fires Henryville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 74 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 | 15 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 12 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 13.5% |
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 Henryville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 59.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 6.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Henryville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,448 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 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 31.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 37.1 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 | 47126 | 231 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Henryville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Henryville.
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.