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2025 County Report

Fires in Fulton County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Fulton County responded to 46 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $125K property loss.

4,645 residents FIPS 21075 10 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
46
285 across 5 years
Building fires
7
8 wildland
Property loss
$183K
$170K structure · $13K 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 46% of all calls.

46
Total Incidents
Building fires 7 15.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 4 8.7%
Authorized controlled burning 4 8.7%
Cooking fire, confined to container 3 6.5%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 3 6.5%
All other categories 25 54.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fulton County?

Jan peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 11
Feb 1
Mar 9
Apr 4
May 3
Jun 0
Jul 5
Aug 4
Sep 1
Oct 3
Nov 3
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fulton County

285 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 60
2022 57
2023 54
2024 68
2025 46
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
9
Cause undetermined
43%
9
Intentional / arson
5%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
1
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $170K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $125,000 FULTON Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $25,000 FULTON Building fires Significant
3 $12,000 FULTON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $5,000 Fulton Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $3,000 FULTON Building fires Significant
06 How Fulton County compares

Fulton County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.9
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
9.9
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
1.51
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
1.51
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fulton County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fulton County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 21075.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fulton County

3 departments report from this county.

FULTON
Fulton
FDID 38174 35 incidents 35 paid
CAYCE VOLUNTEER
—
FDID 38704 1 incidents
Hickman Vol Fire Department
Hickman
FDID 38175 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.