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2025 County Report

Fires in Floyd County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Floyd County responded to 311 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.

48,932 residents FIPS 18043 11 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
311
2,260 across 5 years
Building fires
34
17 wildland
Property loss
$1.8M
$1.3M structure · $465K contents
Casualties
0 / 6
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 5 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.

311
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 51 16.4%
Building fires 34 10.9%
Unauthorized burning 34 10.9%
Power line down 30 9.6%
Cooking fire, confined to container 16 5.1%
All other categories 146 46.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Floyd County?

Apr peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 25
Feb 35
Mar 44
Apr 54
May 51
Jun 46
Jul 26
Aug 3
Sep 1
Oct 5
Nov 12
Dec 9
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Floyd County

2,260 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 468
2022 526
2023 470
2024 485
2025 311
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 34 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
37%
24
Cause undetermined
20%
13
Intentional / arson
3%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
8%
5
Under investigation
29%
19
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Floyd County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 95% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 City of New Albany Building fires Major
2 $300,000 City of New Albany Building fires Major
3 $100,000 Town of Georgetown Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 City of New Albany Building fires Significant
5 $60,000 City of New Albany Building or structure weakened or collapsed Significant
6 $50,001 City of New Albany Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 City of New Albany Building fires Significant
8 $30,000 City of New Albany Building fires Significant
9 $20,000 City of New Albany Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $20,000 City of New Albany Building fires Significant
06 How Floyd County compares

Floyd County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.36
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Floyd County
6.36
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
0.69
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Floyd County
0.69
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Floyd County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Floyd County

11 cities mapped to FIPS 18043.

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).

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.