In 2025, fire departments serving Mineral City responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
170 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $265K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | 51 | +27.5% | |
| 2024 | 39 | -23.5% | |
| 2025 | 21 | -46.2% |
* Well below Mineral City'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 2 building fires Mineral City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 42 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 4 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 16.7% |
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 Mineral City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Match | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mineral City departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mineral City sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,188 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 | 8.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 7.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 30.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 36.8 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Mineral City. 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.