In 2025, fire departments serving Lyndon responded to 74 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
174 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $269K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | 38 | -36.7% | |
| 2025 | 74 | +94.7% |
* Well below Lyndon'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 7 building fires Lyndon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Closet | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Lyndon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lyndon departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lyndon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,804 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 24.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 201 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 94 | 47.5 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 Lyndon. 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.