In 2025, fire departments serving Maysville responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
63 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $254K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | -52.9% | |
| 2024* | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 25 | — |
* 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 6 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 21 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.8% |
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 | 10 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Maysville departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
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. 251,806 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,688 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,000 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,200 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,500 | 28.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,577 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,000 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,880 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 9.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 | 18.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Oklahoma 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.