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2025 County Report

Fires in Carroll County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Carroll County responded to 5 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

4,913 residents FIPS 21041 9 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
5
150 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 wildland
Property loss
$20K
$10K structure · $10K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

5
Total Incidents
Fire, other 2 40.0%
Building fires 1 20.0%
Fires in structures other than in a building 1 20.0%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 1 20.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Carroll County?

Sep peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Carroll County

150 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 40
2022 67
2023 26
2024 12
2025 5
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
25%
1
Cause undetermined
50%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
25%
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 Carroll County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 Sanders Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
06 How Carroll County compares

Carroll County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.02
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
1.02
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
0.2
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
0.2
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Carroll County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Carroll County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 21041.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Carroll County

4 departments report from this county.

GHENT
Ghent
FDID 21100 0 incidents 20 vol
WESTSIDE
—
FDID 21101 0 incidents
WORTHVILLE
—
FDID 21102 0 incidents
SANDERS
—
FDID 21103 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.