In 2025, fire departments serving Bullitt County responded to 532 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 45% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips.
1,892 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 121 | |
| 2022 | 255 | |
| 2023 | 451 | |
| 2024 | 533 | |
| 2025 | 532 |
For the 62 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Bullitt County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 67% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Lebanon JunctionCC | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $140,000 | BROOKS | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $90,850 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $90,000 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | MOUNT WASHINGTON | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $70,000 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $70,000 | Shepherdsville | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $65,000 | SHEPHERDSVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21029.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | 17,987 | View › |
| Shepherdsville | 14,136 | View › |
| Hillview | 8,681 | View › |
| Pioneer Village | 2,687 | View › |
| Lebanon Junction | 2,090 | View › |
| Brooks | 2,069 | View › |
| Hebron Estates | 1,308 | View › |
| Fox Chase | 631 | View › |
| Hunters Hollow | 327 | View › |
| Katharyn | 0 | View › |
| Brownington | 0 | View › |
| Scuffletown | 0 | View › |
5 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.