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2025 County Report

Fires in Calloway County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Calloway County responded to 385 fire and hazmat incidents.

17,961 residents FIPS 21035 28 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
385
1,616 across 5 years
Building fires
22
67 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 4
0 civ deaths · 3 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.

385
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 140 36.4%
Grass fire 31 8.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 28 7.3%
Power line down 28 7.3%
Building fires 22 5.7%
All other categories 136 35.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Calloway County?

May peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 26
Feb 29
Mar 29
Apr 34
May 44
Jun 21
Jul 29
Aug 33
Sep 42
Oct 43
Nov 33
Dec 22
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Calloway County

1,616 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 273
2022 400
2023 296
2024 262
2025 385
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 22 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
15%
21
Cause undetermined
71%
100
Intentional / arson
3%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
3
Under investigation
9%
12
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Calloway County compares

Calloway County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.44
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Calloway County
21.44
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
1.22
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Calloway County
1.22
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Calloway County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Calloway County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21035.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Calloway County

1 departments report from this county.

MURRAY FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 18078 177 incidents 1 paid
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.