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2025 County Report

Fires in Henry County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Henry County responded to 345 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss.

26,799 residents FIPS 18065 31 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
345
1,545 across 5 years
Building fires
59
35 wildland
Property loss
$2.3M
$1.4M structure · $944K 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 49% of all calls.

345
Total Incidents
Building fires 59 17.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 56 16.2%
Fire, other 19 5.5%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 19 5.5%
Power line down 16 4.6%
All other categories 176 51.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Henry County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 32
Feb 19
Mar 54
Apr 32
May 29
Jun 32
Jul 41
Aug 31
Sep 0
Oct 3
Nov 29
Dec 43
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Henry County

1,545 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 193
2022 273
2023 221
2024 513
2025 345
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 59 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
35
Cause undetermined
10%
7
Intentional / arson
13%
9
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
5
Under investigation
17%
12
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Henry County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 86% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $300,000 Town of Knightstown Building fires Major
2 $250,000 Mooreland Building fires Major
3 $200,000 Town of Knightstown Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Mooreland Building fires Significant
5 $75,000 Town of Knightstown Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
6 $60,000 New Castle Building fires Significant
7 $60,000 Middletown Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 New Castle Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 New Castle Building fires Significant
10 $40,000 New Castle Building fires Significant
06 How Henry County compares

Henry County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.87
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Henry County
12.87
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
2.2
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Henry County
2.2
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Henry County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Henry County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18065.

CityPopulation 
New Castle 17,413 View ›
Middletown 2,201 View ›
Knightstown 2,175 View ›
Spiceland 1,027 View ›
Kennard 528 View ›
Westwood 515 View ›
Sulphur Springs 454 View ›
Mount Summit 430 View ›
Mooreland 377 View ›
Lewisville 367 View ›
Straughn 214 View ›
Dunreith 204 View ›
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).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 3&4 Spring 2109 WUI 2019 FWS 1,977
2 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 8 Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 769
3 OGDEN DUNS 1986 NPS 556
4 21-INDU Tolleston Dunes East 2021 NPS 550
5 Miller 3 Wildfire 2021 NPS 424
6 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 5&41 Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 419
7 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 28&29 PGM Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 410
8 INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 31 North Spring 2109 NonWUI 2019 FWS 400
9 23 Tolleston Dunes West RX BIL 2023 NPS 335
10 22-INDU Derby Ditch 2021 NPS 327

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.