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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 266 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.

13,265 residents FIPS 18055 39 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
266
1,394 across 5 years
Building fires
57
45 wildland
Property loss
$920K
$522K structure · $398K contents
Casualties
1 / 1
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.

266
Total Incidents
Building fires 57 21.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 25 9.4%
Fire, other 19 7.1%
Accident, potential accident, other 19 7.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 16 6.0%
All other categories 130 48.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 29
Feb 23
Mar 53
Apr 24
May 20
Jun 23
Jul 8
Aug 19
Sep 0
Oct 3
Nov 28
Dec 36
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

1,394 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 189
2022 277
2023 324
2024 338
2025 266
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 57 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
62%
28
Cause undetermined
13%
6
Intentional / arson
4%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
16%
7
Under investigation
4%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

8 fires · $522K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 Town of Newberry Building fires Significant
2 $125,000 Town of Bloomfield Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
3 $75,000 Owensburg Building fires Significant
4 $75,000 Town of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
5 $45,000 Springville Building fires Significant
6 $2,000 Town of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
7 $100 Worthington Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $100 Town of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

20.05
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
20.05
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
4.3
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
4.3
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
75.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
75.4
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18055.

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.