In 2025, fire departments serving Hopkins County responded to 417 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $287K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips.
2,134 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 315 | |
| 2022 | 509 | |
| 2023 | 480 | |
| 2024 | 413 | |
| 2025 | 417 |
For the 76 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Hopkins County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 73% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $287,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $273,000 | Dawson Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $180,000 | Earlington | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $165,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $159,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $140,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | Madisonville | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21107.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Madisonville | 19,433 | View › |
| Dawson Springs | 2,026 | View › |
| Earlington | 1,219 | View › |
| Hanson | 1,015 | View › |
| White Plains | 1,009 | View › |
| Nortonville | 882 | View › |
| Mortons Gap | 841 | View › |
| St. Charles | 272 | View › |
| Nebo | 203 | View › |
| Manitou | 183 | View › |
| Ilsley | 0 | View › |
| Kirkwood Springs | 0 | View › |
18 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.