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2025 County Report

Fires in Clinton County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Clinton County responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

22,161 residents FIPS 18023 30 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
31
446 across 5 years
Building fires
11
3 wildland
Property loss
$220K
$140K structure · $80K 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 81% of all calls.

31
Total Incidents
Building fires 11 35.5%
Authorized controlled burning 8 25.8%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 3 9.7%
Power line down 2 6.5%
Fire, other 1 3.2%
All other categories 6 19.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Clinton County?

Aug peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 4
Feb 3
Mar 7
Apr 1
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 11
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 1
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Clinton County

446 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 145
2022 97
2023 98
2024 75
2025 31
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
25%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
25%
1
Under investigation
50%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $140K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Clinton County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Frankfort Building fires Significant
2 $40,000 Colfax Building fires Significant
06 How Clinton County compares

Clinton County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.4
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Clinton County
1.4
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
0.5
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Clinton County
0.5
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Clinton County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Clinton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18023.

CityPopulation 
Frankfort 15,976 View ›
Rossville 1,749 View ›
Mulberry 1,282 View ›
Colfax 958 View ›
Kirklin 865 View ›
Michigantown 566 View ›
Forest 268 View ›
Jefferson 168 View ›
Antioch 161 View ›
Hillisburg 84 View ›
Scircleville 84 View ›
Geetingsville 0 View ›
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).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 3&4 Spring 2109 WUI 2019 FWS 1,977
2 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 8 Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 769
3 OGDEN DUNS 1986 NPS 556
4 21-INDU Tolleston Dunes East 2021 NPS 550
5 Miller 3 Wildfire 2021 NPS 424
6 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 5&41 Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 419
7 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 28&29 PGM Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 410
8 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 31 North Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 400
9 23 Tolleston Dunes West RX BIL 2023 NPS 335
10 22-INDU Derby Ditch 2021 NPS 327

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.