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2025 County Report

Fires in Gallatin County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Gallatin County responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $109K property loss.

2,800 residents FIPS 21077 8 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
15
114 across 5 years
Building fires
6
1 wildland
Property loss
$307K
$130K structure · $177K 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 73% of all calls.

15
Total Incidents
Building fires 6 40.0%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 2 13.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 1 6.7%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 1 6.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 6.7%
All other categories 4 26.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Gallatin County?

Jan peaks. May dips.

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

Year over year in Gallatin County

114 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 30
2022 33
2023 20
2024 16
2025 15
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
50%
4
Cause undetermined
12%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
38%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

8 fires · $130K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Gallatin County during 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $109,000 Glencoe Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
2 $8,000 Sparta Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $5,000 Sparta Building fires Significant
4 $3,500 Warsaw Building fires Significant
5 $2,500 Warsaw Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
6 $750 Sparta Building fires Significant
7 $500 Warsaw Building fires Significant
8 $500 Warsaw Building fires Significant
06 How Gallatin County compares

Gallatin County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.36
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Gallatin County
5.36
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
2.14
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Gallatin County
2.14
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Gallatin County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Gallatin County

8 cities mapped to FIPS 21077.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Gallatin County

1 departments report from this county.

GLENCOE
—
FDID 39177 7 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.