In 2025, fire departments serving Tipton County responded to 131 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Sep dips.
586 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57 | |
| 2022 | 131 | |
| 2023 | 116 | |
| 2024 | 151 | |
| 2025 | 131 |
For the 28 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Tipton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Tipton | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Tipton | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Tipton | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Tipton | Fire, other | Significant |
| 5 | $65,000 | City of Tipton | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Hobbs | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Tipton | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Kempton | Fire, other | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | Town of Kempton | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | Town of Kempton | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 18159.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Tipton | 5,255 | View › |
| Windfall City | 740 | View › |
| Sharpsville | 703 | View › |
| Kempton | 280 | View › |
| Goldsmith | 219 | View › |
| Hobbs | 92 | View › |
| Ekin | 0 | View › |
| New Lancaster | 0 | View › |
| Groomsville | 0 | View › |
| Nevada | 0 | View › |
| Curtisville | 0 | View › |
| East Union | 0 | View › |
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.