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2025 County Report

Fires in Johnson County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Johnson County responded to 897 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $376K property loss.

116,359 residents FIPS 18081 31 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
897
5,348 across 5 years
Building fires
152
60 wildland
Property loss
$3.4M
$2.5M structure · $928K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.

897
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 153 17.1%
Building fires 152 16.9%
Power line down 78 8.7%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 48 5.4%
Passenger vehicle fire 40 4.5%
All other categories 426 47.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Johnson County?

Apr peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 87
Feb 84
Mar 104
Apr 115
May 109
Jun 95
Jul 101
Aug 66
Sep 0
Oct 5
Nov 100
Dec 31
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Johnson County

5,348 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 933
2022 1,106
2023 1,136
2024 1,276
2025 897
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 152 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
49%
83
Cause undetermined
11%
18
Intentional / arson
11%
18
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
24
Under investigation
12%
21
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
7
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.6M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Johnson County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 63% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $376,000 Greenwood Building fires Major
2 $250,000 Franklin Building fires Major
3 $200,000 Franklin Building fires Significant
4 $200,000 Greenwood Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Greenwood Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Greenwood Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
7 $100,000 Greenwood Building fires Significant
8 $75,000 Greenwood Building fires Significant
9 $75,000 Greenwood Building fires Significant
10 $75,000 Greenwood Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
06 How Johnson County compares

Johnson County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.71
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Johnson County
7.71
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
1.31
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Johnson County
1.31
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Johnson County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Johnson County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18081.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Johnson County

1 departments report from this county.

Franklin FD
—
FDID 41015 0 incidents
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.