In 2025, fire departments serving Daviess County responded to 396 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 45% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Oct dips.
3,515 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 759 | |
| 2022 | 813 | |
| 2023 | 801 | |
| 2024 | 746 | |
| 2025 | 396 |
For the 55 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Daviess County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 77% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | OWENSBORO | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $900,000 | Owensboro | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | PHILPOT | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Philpot | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Utica | Fire, other | Significant |
| 6 | $140,000 | OWENSBORO | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant |
| 7 | $130,000 | Owensboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Philpot | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | UTICA | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | OWENSBORO | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21059.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Owensboro | 60,019 | View › |
| Sorgho | 2,696 | View › |
| Thruston | 2,388 | View › |
| Masonville | 2,175 | View › |
| Philpot | 970 | View › |
| Pleasant Ridge | 890 | View › |
| Whitesville | 570 | View › |
| Maceo | 554 | View › |
| Yelvington | 433 | View › |
| Stanley | 369 | View › |
| Utica | 268 | View › |
| Saint Joseph | 243 | View › |
12 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.