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2025 County Report

Fires in Coshocton County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Coshocton County responded to 342 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.

15,688 residents FIPS 39031 40 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
342
2,285 across 5 years
Building fires
47
53 wildland
Property loss
$999K
$649K structure · $349K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

342
Total Incidents
Power line down 53 15.5%
Building fires 47 13.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 26 7.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 21 6.1%
Passenger vehicle fire 20 5.8%
All other categories 175 51.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Coshocton County?

Mar peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 26
Feb 20
Mar 67
Apr 47
May 19
Jun 31
Jul 18
Aug 13
Sep 20
Oct 29
Nov 39
Dec 13
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Coshocton County

2,285 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 390
2022 624
2023 426
2024 503
2025 342
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 47 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
39
Cause undetermined
25%
17
Intentional / arson
4%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
6
Under investigation
6%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $530K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Coshocton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 82% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 Warsaw Building fires Significant
2 $75,000 Fresno Building fires Significant
3 $60,000 COSHOCTON Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 Fresno Building fires Significant
5 $50,000 Coshocton Building fires Significant
6 $40,000 Coshocton Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
7 $30,000 Coshocton Building fires Significant
8 $25,000 Coshocton Building fires Significant
9 $25,000 West Lafayette Building fires Significant
10 $25,000 Coshocton Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Coshocton County compares

Coshocton County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.8
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Coshocton County
21.8
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
3
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Coshocton County
3
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Coshocton County
0
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Coshocton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39031.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Coshocton County

1 departments report from this county.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTME
COSHOCTON
FDID 16300 32 incidents 2 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OH

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

About this data

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.