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2025 County Report

Fires in Martin County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Martin County responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

1,096 residents FIPS 21159 16 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
18
48 across 5 years
Building fires
1
3 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?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 89% of all calls.

18
Total Incidents
Fire, other 11 61.1%
Special outside fire, other 2 11.1%
Building fires 1 5.6%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 1 5.6%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 1 5.6%
All other categories 2 11.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Martin County?

Jan peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 5
Feb 1
Mar 1
Apr 2
May 1
Jun 3
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 3
Nov 0
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Martin County

48 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 13
2022 5
2023 4
2024 8
2025 18
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
12%
2
Cause undetermined
88%
15
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Martin County compares

Martin County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

16.42
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Martin County
16.42
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
0.91
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Martin County
0.91
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Martin County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Martin County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21159.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Martin County

4 departments report from this county.

INEZ VOL FIRE RESCUE
Inez
FDID 80410 19 incidents
Pigeon Roost Vol Fire Dept
Pilgrim
FDID 803F0 0 incidents
WARFIELD FIRE AND RESCUE
warfield
FDID 80411 0 incidents 24 vol
TURKEY CREEK VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 80870 0 incidents 1 paid
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.