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2025 County Report

Fires in Green County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Green County responded to 50 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.

2,673 residents FIPS 21087 30 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
50
245 across 5 years
Building fires
20
15 wildland
Property loss
$1.2M
$858K structure · $375K 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 72% of all calls.

50
Total Incidents
Building fires 20 40.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 10.0%
Grass fire 5 10.0%
Fire, other 3 6.0%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 3 6.0%
All other categories 14 28.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Green County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 2
Feb 1
Mar 11
Apr 7
May 3
Jun 6
Jul 2
Aug 3
Sep 5
Oct 4
Nov 1
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Green County

245 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 48
2022 33
2023 29
2024 85
2025 50
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 20 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
36%
8
Cause undetermined
27%
6
Intentional / arson
9%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
14%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $785K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Green County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 91% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
2 $100,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
6 $60,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
9 $40,000 Greensburg Building fires Significant
10 $35,000 Greensburg Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
06 How Green County compares

Green County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

18.71
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Green County
18.71
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
7.48
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Green County
7.48
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Green County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Green County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21087.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Green County

4 departments report from this county.

GRAB FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 44855 31 incidents
GREEN COUNTY
—
FDID 44200 11 incidents
GREENSBURG
—
FDID 44199 2 incidents
SUMMERSVILLE
—
FDID 44806 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.