In 2025, fire departments serving Noblesville responded to 344 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 51% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,441 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $6.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 203 | — | |
| 2022 | 176 | -13.3% | |
| 2023 | 331 | +88.1% | |
| 2024 | 387 | +16.9% | |
| 2025 | 344 | -11.1% |
For the 26 building fires Noblesville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 394 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 | 70 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 24 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 21 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 106 | 26.9% |
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 Noblesville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 23 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 71 | 18.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Noblesville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $218,400 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $193,200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $37,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Noblesville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
11 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 3 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,584 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,549 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 | 46.8 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 Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Noblesville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Noblesville.
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.