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2025 County Report

Fires in Martin County, IN

In 2025, fire departments serving Martin County responded to 87 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $350K property loss.

3,627 residents FIPS 18101 20 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
87
340 across 5 years
Building fires
11
14 wildland
Property loss
$396K
$369K structure · $27K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.

87
Total Incidents
Hazardous condition, other 27 31.0%
Building fires 11 12.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 10.3%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 5 5.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 5.7%
All other categories 30 34.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Martin County?

Mar peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 6
Feb 9
Mar 28
Apr 22
May 7
Jun 4
Jul 3
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 6
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Martin County

340 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 41
2022 25
2023 64
2024 123
2025 87
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
44%
8
Cause undetermined
11%
2
Intentional / arson
17%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
17%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
11%
2
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $369K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Martin County during 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $350,000 Shoals Building fires Major
2 $15,000 Town of Shoals Building fires Significant
3 $3,000 Shoals Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
4 $1,000 Town of Shoals Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
06 How Martin County compares

Martin County vs IN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

23.99
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Martin County
23.99
IN avg
8.61
US avg
7.15
3.03
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Martin County
3.03
IN avg
1.26
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Martin County
0
IN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Martin County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 18101.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Martin County

1 departments report from this county.

Loogootee VFD
LOOGOOTEE
FDID 51003 32 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.