In 2025, fire departments serving Claysville responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
116 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | -26.7% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -45.5% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -22.2% |
* Well below Claysville's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 5 building fires Claysville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 10 | Art gallery, exhibit hall, library | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 15.6% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Claysville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 9.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Claysville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,420 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Smoking | 394 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 102 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 71 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 62 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 | 27.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 16.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 29.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 36 | 41.3 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Claysville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Claysville.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.