ZIP 42240 recorded 256 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,392 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Christian County, KY.
1,392 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 255 | |
| 2022 | 282 | |
| 2023 | 341 | |
| 2024 | 258 | |
| 2025 | 256 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 42240 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 177 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 176 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 120 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 81 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 72 | 5.2% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 42240 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 191 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 106 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 75 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 68 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 59 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 30 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 17 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 204 | 26.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 472 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 38 | 4.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 21 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 107 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 42240 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 353% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $735,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 42240.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopkinsville | 1,356 | |
| 2 | Elkton | 1 | |
| 3 | Pembroke | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,392 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.