In 2025, fire departments serving Boone County responded to 896 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $527K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 45% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
4,743 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 896 | |
| 2022 | 1,016 | |
| 2023 | 901 | |
| 2024 | 1,034 | |
| 2025 | 896 |
For the 134 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Boone County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $527,000 | FLORENCE | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | FLORENCE | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Hebron | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | WALTON | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | FLORENCE | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $129,000 | FLORENCE | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | BURLINGTON | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | FLORENCE | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | HebronCCD | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | HebronCCD | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21015.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Florence | 32,056 | View › |
| Burlington | 18,264 | View › |
| Oakbrook | 10,045 | View › |
| Francisville | 10,044 | View › |
| Union | 7,369 | View › |
| Hebron | 6,607 | View › |
| Walton | 5,492 | View › |
| Verona | 1,146 | View › |
| Petersburg | 587 | View › |
| Belleview | 223 | View › |
| Rabbit Hash | 117 | View › |
| Taylorsport | 0 | View › |
11 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut Gap | 2022 | USFS | 2,468 |
| 2 | Blockhouse | 2006 | USFS | 1,896 |
| 3 | KDF - Confluence 2 | 2024 | USFS | 675 |
| 4 | Addison | 2016 | USFS | 643 |
| 5 | POORVALLEY | 1986 | NPS | 626 |
| 6 | Big Valley | 2021 | USFS | 552 |
| 7 | CUB RUN | 1935 | NPS | 499 |
| 8 | Hurricane | 2022 | USFS | 485 |
| 9 | Rockcastle Fire | 2019 | USFS | 484 |
| 10 | Enoch | 2021 | USFS | 429 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.