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2025 County Report

Fires in Breckinridge County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Breckinridge County responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

5,048 residents FIPS 21027 58 cities · 9 fire depts
Total incidents
34
429 across 5 years
Building fires
11
4 wildland
Property loss
$33K
$17K structure · $16K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.

34
Total Incidents
Fire, other 11 32.4%
Building fires 11 32.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 5.9%
Grass fire 2 5.9%
Fires in structures other than in a building 1 2.9%
All other categories 7 20.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Breckinridge County?

Mar peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 3
Feb 2
Mar 13
Apr 4
May 4
Jun 4
Jul 0
Aug 2
Sep 2
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Breckinridge County

429 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 147
2022 165
2023 45
2024 38
2025 34
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
33%
6
Cause undetermined
67%
12
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $17K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Breckinridge County during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 IRVINGTON Building fires Significant
2 $5,000 IRVINGTON Building fires Significant
3 $2,000 IRVINGTON Building fires Significant
06 How Breckinridge County compares

Breckinridge County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.74
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Breckinridge County
6.74
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
2.18
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Breckinridge County
2.18
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Breckinridge County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Breckinridge County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21027.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Breckinridge County

9 departments report from this county.

CUSTER AREA VOLUNTEER
CUSTER
FDID 14063 16 incidents 21 vol
WEBSTER AREA
—
FDID 14062 12 incidents
CLOVERPORT FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 14056 0 incidents
HARDINSBURG
Hardinsburg
FDID 14057 0 incidents 30 vol
IRVINGTON
IRVINGTON
FDID 14058 0 incidents 20 vol
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.