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2025 County Report

Fires in Logan County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Logan County responded to 173 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $400K property loss.

10,662 residents FIPS 21141 38 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
173
844 across 5 years
Building fires
35
40 wildland
Property loss
$3.5M
$2.1M structure · $1.5M contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 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.

173
Total Incidents
Building fires 35 20.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 14 8.1%
Grass fire 12 6.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 12 6.9%
Aircraft standby 12 6.9%
All other categories 88 50.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Logan County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 17
Feb 20
Mar 49
Apr 14
May 9
Jun 14
Jul 9
Aug 4
Sep 20
Oct 8
Nov 2
Dec 7
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Logan County

844 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 107
2022 207
2023 157
2024 200
2025 173
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 35 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
47
Cause undetermined
6%
5
Intentional / arson
10%
8
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
15
Under investigation
5%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.9M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Logan County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 90% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $400,000 Russellville Building fires Major
2 $325,000 russellville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
3 $300,000 Russellville Building fires Major
4 $185,000 Russellville Building fires Significant
5 $150,000 Russellville Building fires Significant
6 $125,000 Russellville Building fires Significant
7 $110,000 Russellville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $100,000 Russellville Building fires Significant
9 $95,000 russellville Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
10 $70,000 Russellville Building fires Significant
06 How Logan County compares

Logan County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

16.23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Logan County
16.23
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
3.28
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Logan County
3.28
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Logan County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Logan County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21141.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Logan County

6 departments report from this county.

RUSSELLVILLE RURAL FIRE DEPT
Russellville
FDID 71380 79 incidents 31 vol
RUSSELLVILLE
—
FDID 71379 43 incidents
Auburn Rural Fire Dept
Auburn
FDID 71967 19 incidents
AUBURN
Auburn
FDID 71377 13 incidents 30 vol
ADAIRVILLE CITY VOLUNTEER
ADAIRVILLE
FDID 71376 3 incidents 20 vol
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.