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2025 County Report

Fires in Lyon County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Lyon County responded to 47 fire and hazmat incidents.

3,405 residents FIPS 21143 16 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
47
207 across 5 years
Building fires
5
7 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.

47
Total Incidents
Unauthorized burning 8 17.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 6 12.8%
Building fires 5 10.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 10.6%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 4 8.5%
All other categories 19 40.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lyon County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 2
Feb 1
Mar 11
Apr 2
May 4
Jun 3
Jul 6
Aug 3
Sep 3
Oct 2
Nov 2
Dec 8
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lyon County

207 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 27
2022 63
2023 46
2024 24
2025 47
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
19%
3
Cause undetermined
38%
6
Intentional / arson
19%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
2
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
12%
2
06 How Lyon County compares

Lyon County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.8
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lyon County
13.8
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
1.47
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lyon County
1.47
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lyon County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lyon County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21143.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lyon County

1 departments report from this county.

EDDYVILLE
Eddyville
FDID 72381 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.