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2025 County Report

Fires in Fleming County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Fleming County responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

3,330 residents FIPS 21069 27 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
24
117 across 5 years
Building fires
6
3 wildland
Property loss
$221K
$158K structure · $63K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 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 67% of all calls.

24
Total Incidents
Building fires 6 25.0%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 3 12.5%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3 12.5%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 2 8.3%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 2 8.3%
All other categories 8 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fleming County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Fleming County

117 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 12
2022 5
2023 39
2024 37
2025 24
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 6 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
36%
4
Cause undetermined
27%
3
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
2
Under investigation
18%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $158K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Fleming County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Hillsboro Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
2 $25,000 Wallingford Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
3 $20,000 Hillsboro Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $10,000 Flemingsburg Building fires Significant
5 $3,000 Hillsboro Building fires Significant
06 How Fleming County compares

Fleming County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.21
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fleming County
7.21
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
1.8
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fleming County
1.8
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
300.3
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fleming County
300.3
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fleming County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21069.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fleming County

5 departments report from this county.

HILLSBORO FIRE RESCUE
hillsboro
FDID 35160 13 incidents 20 vol
EWING
—
FDID 35158 11 incidents
FLEMINGSBURG
—
FDID 35159 0 incidents
MUSES MILL
Wallingford
FDID 35793 0 incidents 15 vol
MT CARMEL VOLUNTEER
Wallingford
FDID 35836 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.