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2025 County Report

Fires in Cumberland County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Cumberland County responded to 87 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $15K property loss.

1,498 residents FIPS 21057 23 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
87
454 across 5 years
Building fires
1
9 wildland
Property loss
$17K
$15K structure · $2K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.

87
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 50 57.5%
Fire, other 9 10.3%
Grass fire 6 6.9%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 3 3.4%
Fires in structures other than in a building 2 2.3%
All other categories 17 19.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Cumberland County?

Nov peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 3
Feb 6
Mar 11
Apr 8
May 6
Jun 9
Jul 4
Aug 7
Sep 4
Oct 7
Nov 13
Dec 9
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Cumberland County

454 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 67
2022 108
2023 106
2024 86
2025 87
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
88%
14
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
6%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
1
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $15K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $15,000 Burkesville Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
06 How Cumberland County compares

Cumberland County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

58.08
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Cumberland County
58.08
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
0.67
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Cumberland County
0.67
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Cumberland County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Cumberland County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21057.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Cumberland County

3 departments report from this county.

Burkesville Fire Dept
—
FDID 29133 72 incidents 20 vol
Marrowbone W Cumberland
dubre
FDID 29134 17 incidents 30 vol
GILBERTSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION
Gilbertsville
FDID 79402 0 incidents 27 vol
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.