In 2025, fire departments serving Maysville responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
50 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 9 | +0.0% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 19 | +137.5% |
* Well below Maysville'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 1 building fires Maysville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Maysville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Maysville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,129 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 9.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 600 | 7.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 600 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 500 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 476 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 28.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 40.4 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 | 64469 | 50 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Maysville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Maysville.
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.