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2025 County Report

Fires in Edmonson County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Edmonson County responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

1,050 residents FIPS 21061 27 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
27
135 across 5 years
Building fires
11
5 wildland
Property loss
$122K
$101K structure · $21K 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 85% of all calls.

27
Total Incidents
Building fires 11 40.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 4 14.8%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 4 14.8%
Fire, other 2 7.4%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 2 7.4%
All other categories 4 14.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Edmonson County?

Jan peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 6
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 2
May 2
Jun 1
Jul 1
Aug 3
Sep 4
Oct 3
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Edmonson County

135 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 23
2022 31
2023 27
2024 27
2025 27
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
67%
2
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
33%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $101K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 BROWNSVILLE Building fires Significant
2 $1,200 BROWNSVILLE Building fires Significant
06 How Edmonson County compares

Edmonson County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

25.71
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Edmonson County
25.71
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
10.48
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Edmonson County
10.48
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Edmonson County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Edmonson County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21061.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Edmonson County

8 departments report from this county.

Lincoln Volunteer Fire Dept
Mammoth Cave
FDID 31680 16 incidents 24 vol
CHALYBEATE
—
FDID 31661 10 incidents
WINGFIELD
BOWLING GREEN
FDID 31651 1 incidents
BROWNSVILLE
—
FDID 31148 0 incidents
Kyrock Fire Dept Inc
Sweeden
FDID 31150 0 incidents 16 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.