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2025 County Report

Fires in Henry County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Henry County responded to 63 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.

6,039 residents FIPS 21103 24 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
63
383 across 5 years
Building fires
24
3 wildland
Property loss
$2.0M
$853K structure · $1.2M 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 67% of all calls.

63
Total Incidents
Building fires 24 38.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 6 9.5%
Power line down 6 9.5%
Fire, other 3 4.8%
Passenger vehicle fire 3 4.8%
All other categories 21 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Henry County?

May peaks. Apr dips.

Jan 4
Feb 3
Mar 5
Apr 2
May 18
Jun 5
Jul 2
Aug 7
Sep 2
Oct 6
Nov 5
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Henry County

383 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 99
2022 120
2023 59
2024 42
2025 63
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 24 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
25%
4
Cause undetermined
31%
5
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
31%
5
Under investigation
6%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $852K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Henry County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 LaGrange Building fires Major
2 $120,000 Pleasureville Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Pleasureville Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 LAGRANGE Building fires Significant
5 $40,000 Pleasureville Building fires Significant
6 $20,000 Pleasureville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $10,000 Pleasureville Building fires Significant
8 $5,000 Pleasureville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $5,000 Pendleton Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
10 $1,500 Pleasureville Building fires Significant
06 How Henry County compares

Henry County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.43
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Henry County
10.43
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
3.97
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Henry County
3.97
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Henry County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Henry County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21103.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Henry County

6 departments report from this county.

PLEASUREVILLE
—
FDID 52260 29 incidents
NEW CASTLE
—
FDID 52259 2 incidents
Lake Jericho Fire Dept
—
FDID 52910 2 incidents 1 vol
CFRD 1 Campbellsburg Station
Campbellsburg
FDID 52256 1 incidents 25 vol
EMINENCE
—
FDID 52257 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.