In 2025, fire departments serving Clermont County responded to 1,579 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Dec dips.
8,776 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,390 | |
| 2022 | 1,960 | |
| 2023 | 1,842 | |
| 2024 | 2,005 | |
| 2025 | 1,579 |
For the 313 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Clermont County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 44% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Milford | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $210,495 | ANDERSON TOWNSHIP | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | BATAVIA | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Harlan Twp | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $131,200 | MILFORD | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Williamsburg | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $111,200 | Bethel | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $107,000 | FELICITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $103,200 | NEW RICHMOND | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | Bethel | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39025.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | 12,388 | View › |
| Withamsville | 7,803 | View › |
| Milford | 6,556 | View › |
| Mount Carmel | 4,924 | View › |
| Summerside | 4,515 | View › |
| Mulberry | 4,071 | View › |
| Mount Repose | 3,752 | View › |
| New Richmond | 2,733 | View › |
| Bethel | 2,638 | View › |
| Batavia | 2,606 | View › |
| Williamsburg | 2,583 | View › |
| Day Heights | 2,282 | View › |
32 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OHOTR-FY19-RX-Blausey Spring 2019 WUI | 2019 | FWS | 125 |
| 2 | Little Storm Creek | 2020 | USFS | 122 |
| 3 | GREEN | 2015 | USFS | 109 |
| 4 | THIRTEEN | 2018 | USFS | 105 |
| 5 | Terra Vista Prescribe Fire | 2021 | NPS | 79 |
| 6 | Lawco | 2023 | USFS | 61 |
| 7 | 128 | 2021 | USFS | 51 |
| 8 | FY23 NERI RX Burns | 2022 | NPS | 40 |
| 9 | Rock Hollow | 2023 | USFS | 29 |
| 10 | HOADLEY | 2018 | USFS | 24 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.