In 2025, fire departments serving Leetonia responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
223 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | — | |
| 2022 | 43 | +7.5% | |
| 2023 | 81 | +88.4% | |
| 2024* | 21 | — | |
| 2025 | 38 | — |
* Well below Leetonia'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 Leetonia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 83 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 | 14 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 8 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 20.5% |
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 Leetonia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Match | 14 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 3.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leetonia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 952 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 9.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 30.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 16.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 38.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44431 | 223 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Leetonia. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.