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2025 County Report

Fires in Boyle County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Boyle County responded to 341 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $8.7M property loss.

20,174 residents FIPS 21021 18 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
341
2,024 across 5 years
Building fires
17
7 wildland
Property loss
$12.5M
$11.0M structure · $1.5M contents
Casualties
0 / 4
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 3 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.

341
Total Incidents
Authorized controlled burning 139 40.8%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 42 12.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 29 8.5%
Unauthorized burning 27 7.9%
Building fires 17 5.0%
All other categories 87 25.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Boyle County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 15
Feb 18
Mar 45
Apr 40
May 29
Jun 28
Jul 24
Aug 31
Sep 33
Oct 29
Nov 26
Dec 23
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Boyle County

2,024 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 380
2022 355
2023 471
2024 477
2025 341
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 17 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
56%
44
Cause undetermined
18%
14
Intentional / arson
5%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
10
Under investigation
5%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $10.6M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Boyle County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 97% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $8,700,000 Danville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Catastrophic
2 $1,000,000 Danville Building fires Major
3 $203,000 Perryville Building fires Significant
4 $203,000 Perryville Building fires Significant
5 $121,000 Perryville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $100,000 Lancaster Building fires Significant
7 $100,000 Junction City Building fires Significant
8 $60,000 Perryville Building fires Significant
9 $58,487 DANVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $50,000 Perryville Building fires Significant
06 How Boyle County compares

Boyle County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

16.9
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Boyle County
16.9
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
0.84
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Boyle County
0.84
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Boyle County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Boyle County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21021.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Boyle County

4 departments report from this county.

BOYLE COUNTY
Danville
FDID 11048 81 incidents 2 paid 77 vol
Perryville Fire Department
Perryville
FDID 11051 12 incidents 24 vol
CARROLLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
carrollton
FDID 21099 3 incidents 2 paid 5 vol
JUNCTION CITY
Junction City
FDID 11050 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in KY

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

About this data

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.