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2025 County Report

Fires in Grant County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Grant County responded to 63 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

10,446 residents FIPS 21081 21 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
63
735 across 5 years
Building fires
9
8 wildland
Property loss
$13K
$10K structure · $3K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.

63
Total Incidents
Authorized controlled burning 23 36.5%
Building fires 9 14.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 4 6.3%
Grass fire 4 6.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 4 6.3%
All other categories 19 30.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Grant County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 4
Feb 5
Mar 9
Apr 7
May 5
Jun 6
Jul 9
Aug 6
Sep 1
Oct 3
Nov 7
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Grant County

735 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 54
2022 226
2023 269
2024 123
2025 63
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 9 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
9
Cause undetermined
22%
4
Intentional / arson
11%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
2
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
1
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $10K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Grant County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 Williamstown Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
06 How Grant County compares

Grant County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.03
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Grant County
6.03
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
0.86
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Grant County
0.86
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Grant County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Grant County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21081.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Grant County

5 departments report from this county.

CORINTH VOLUNTEER
Corinth
FDID 41184 19 incidents 21 vol
CRITTENDEN VOLUNTEER
—
FDID 41185 0 incidents
DRY RIDGE
—
FDID 41186 0 incidents
Jonesville FD
Jonesville
FDID 41187 0 incidents 1 vol
WILLIAMSTOWN
—
FDID 41188 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.