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2025 County Report

Fires in Carlisle County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Carlisle County responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

1,289 residents FIPS 21039 9 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
17
127 across 5 years
Building fires
5
7 wildland
Property loss
$15K
$10K structure · $5K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.

17
Total Incidents
Building fires 5 29.4%
Grass fire 5 29.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 3 17.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 11.8%
Outside equipment fire 1 5.9%
All other categories 1 5.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Carlisle County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 4
Apr 2
May 1
Jun 2
Jul 3
Aug 2
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Carlisle County

127 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 17
2022 40
2023 34
2024 19
2025 17
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
50%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $10K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Carlisle County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 Cunningham Outside equipment fire Significant
06 How Carlisle County compares

Carlisle County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.19
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Carlisle County
13.19
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
3.88
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Carlisle County
3.88
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Carlisle County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Carlisle County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 21039.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Carlisle County

6 departments report from this county.

CUNNINGHAM
—
FDID 20097 10 incidents
MILBURN
—
FDID 20096 8 incidents
ARLINGTON
Arlington
FDID 20094 0 incidents 20 vol
BARDWELL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
BARDWELL
FDID 20095 0 incidents 21 vol
BERKLEY VOLUNTEER
—
FDID 20098 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.