In 2025, fire departments serving Putnam County responded to 294 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips.
1,657 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 293 | |
| 2022 | 375 | |
| 2023 | 330 | |
| 2024 | 365 | |
| 2025 | 294 |
For the 61 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Putnam County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 88% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Bainbridge | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $152,000 | Town of Roachdale | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Cloverdale | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Fillmore | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Reelsville | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Town of Cloverdale | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Town of Cloverdale | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $35,000 | Greencastle | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $30,000 | Town of Cloverdale | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $30,000 | Cloverdale | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 18133.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Greencastle | 9,865 | View › |
| Heritage Lake | 2,770 | View › |
| Cloverdale | 2,201 | View › |
| Putnamville | 2,180 | View › |
| Roachdale | 786 | View › |
| Fillmore | 767 | View › |
| Bainbridge | 592 | View › |
| Van Bibber Lake | 429 | View › |
| Russellville | 391 | View › |
| Groveland | 197 | View › |
| Mount Meridian | 0 | View › |
| Carpentersville | 0 | View › |
1 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 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 3&4 Spring 2109 WUI | 2019 | FWS | 1,977 |
| 2 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 8 Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 769 |
| 3 | OGDEN DUNS | 1986 | NPS | 556 |
| 4 | 21-INDU Tolleston Dunes East | 2021 | NPS | 550 |
| 5 | Miller 3 Wildfire | 2021 | NPS | 424 |
| 6 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 5&41 Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 419 |
| 7 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 28&29 PGM Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 410 |
| 8 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 31 North Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 400 |
| 9 | 23 Tolleston Dunes West RX BIL | 2023 | NPS | 335 |
| 10 | 22-INDU Derby Ditch | 2021 | NPS | 327 |
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.