In 2025, fire departments serving Nicholas County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents.
Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips.
149 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | |
| 2022 | 62 | |
| 2023 | 54 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 21181.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 2,627 | View › |
| Barefoot | 0 | View › |
| Pleasant Valley | 0 | View › |
| Ellisville | 0 | View › |
| Upper Blue Licks | 0 | View › |
| Myers | 0 | View › |
| Moorefield | 0 | View › |
| Barterville | 0 | View › |
| East Union | 0 | View › |
| Sprout | 0 | View › |
| Hooktown | 0 | View › |
| Morning Glory | 0 | View › |
2 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.