In 2025, fire departments serving Campbell County responded to 590 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $350K property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Oct dips.
2,413 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 337 | |
| 2022 | 649 | |
| 2023 | 425 | |
| 2024 | 412 | |
| 2025 | 590 |
For the 55 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Campbell County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 80% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Newport | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Ft Thomas | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Southgate | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $125,000 | Dayton | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Highland Heights | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Newport | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Dayton | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Dayton | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | Ft Thomas | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $40,000 | Dayton | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21037.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Thomas | 17,310 | View › |
| Newport | 14,190 | View › |
| Alexandria | 10,322 | View › |
| Highland Heights | 6,566 | View › |
| Cold Spring | 6,258 | View › |
| Dayton | 5,674 | View › |
| Bellevue | 5,596 | View › |
| Southgate | 3,677 | View › |
| Claryville | 3,364 | View › |
| Wilder | 3,152 | View › |
| Silver Grove | 1,335 | View › |
| Melbourne | 547 | View › |
9 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.