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2025 County Report

Fires in Todd County, KY

In 2025, fire departments serving Todd County responded to 85 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $435K property loss.

3,814 residents FIPS 21219 23 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
85
162 across 5 years
Building fires
15
10 wildland
Property loss
$965K
$847K structure · $118K 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 63% of all calls.

85
Total Incidents
Fire, other 20 23.5%
Building fires 15 17.6%
Aircraft standby 8 9.4%
Grass fire 7 8.2%
Hazardous condition, other 4 4.7%
All other categories 31 36.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Todd County?

Sep peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 9
Feb 8
Mar 12
Apr 2
May 4
Jun 9
Jul 2
Aug 14
Sep 20
Oct 4
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Todd County

162 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 8
2022 12
2023 14
2024 43
2025 85
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 15 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
64%
9
Cause undetermined
7%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
21%
3
Under investigation
7%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

7 fires · $847K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Todd County during 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $435,000 Elkton Building fires Major
2 $200,000 Elkton Fire, other Significant
3 $100,000 Elkton Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 Elkton Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
5 $50,000 Elkton Building fires Significant
6 $10,000 Elkton Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $2,000 Elkton Fire, other Significant
06 How Todd County compares

Todd County vs KY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

22.29
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Todd County
22.29
KY avg
10.83
US avg
7.15
3.93
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Todd County
3.93
KY avg
1.34
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Todd County
0
KY avg
13.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Todd County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 21219.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Todd County

6 departments report from this county.

ELKTON
—
FDID A9559 47 incidents
ALLEGRE
—
FDID A9647 19 incidents
GUTHRIE
—
FDID A9560 0 incidents 15 vol
TRENTON
—
FDID A9561 0 incidents
SHARON GROVE
—
FDID A9562 0 incidents
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.