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2025 County Report

Fires in Carroll County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Carroll County responded to 79 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $909K property loss.

7,241 residents FIPS 18015 31 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
79
575 across 5 years
Building fires
26
9 wildland
Property loss
$2.6M
$1.9M structure · $721K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.

79
Total Incidents
Building fires 26 32.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 12 15.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 7.6%
Power line down 6 7.6%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 4 5.1%
All other categories 25 31.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Carroll County?

Nov peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 7
Feb 2
Mar 14
Apr 3
May 9
Jun 6
Jul 6
Aug 5
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 18
Dec 9
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Carroll County

575 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 129
2022 139
2023 105
2024 123
2025 79
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 26 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
41%
7
Cause undetermined
12%
2
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
6%
1
Under investigation
18%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
17%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.9M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Carroll County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $908,700 Town of Flora Building fires Major
2 $200,000 City of Delphi Building fires Significant
3 $180,000 Cutler Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $150,000 Delphi Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 City of Delphi Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Delphi Building fires Significant
7 $85,000 Radnor Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $80,000 City of Delphi Building fires Significant
9 $75,000 Town of Flora Building fires Significant
10 $20,000 City of Delphi Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
06 How Carroll County compares

Carroll County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.91
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
10.91
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
3.59
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
3.59
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Carroll County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Carroll County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18015.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in IN

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

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.