In 2025, fire departments serving Marshall County responded to 245 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $440K property loss.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips.
1,156 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | |
| 2022 | 278 | |
| 2023 | 282 | |
| 2024 | 224 | |
| 2025 | 245 |
For the 40 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Marshall County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $440,000 | Benton | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $440,000 | Benton | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $100,000 | CALVERT CITY | Fire, other | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Benton | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Benton | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Hardin | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $42,000 | Hardin | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $22,000 | Benton | Water vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $20,000 | Hardin | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $17,000 | Benton | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21157.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | 4,753 | View › |
| Calvert City | 2,524 | View › |
| Hardin | 629 | View › |
| Gilbertsville | 245 | View › |
| Briensburg | 0 | View › |
| Oak Level | 0 | View › |
| Birmingham | 0 | View › |
| Brien | 0 | View › |
| Sherwood Shores | 0 | View › |
| Little Cypress | 0 | View › |
| Iola | 0 | View › |
| Olive | 0 | View › |
8 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.