In 2025, fire departments serving Spring Valley responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K 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 71% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
92 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $17K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | +11.5% | |
| 2025 | 28 | -3.4% |
* Well below Spring Valley'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 Spring Valley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Spring Valley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Spring Valley departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Spring Valley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 15 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 370 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 | 125 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 33.3 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 | 45370 | 92 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Spring Valley. 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.