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2025 County Report

Fires in Crawford County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Crawford County responded to 417 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $134K property loss.

28,651 residents FIPS 39033 20 cities · 13 fire depts
Total incidents
417
2,502 across 5 years
Building fires
77
27 wildland
Property loss
$955K
$715K structure · $240K contents
Casualties
1 / 2
1 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.

417
Total Incidents
Building fires 77 18.5%
Unauthorized burning 55 13.2%
Power line down 46 11.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 38 9.1%
Carbon monoxide incident 28 6.7%
All other categories 173 41.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crawford County?

Jun peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 31
Feb 33
Mar 47
Apr 35
May 30
Jun 64
Jul 36
Aug 16
Sep 16
Oct 48
Nov 33
Dec 28
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crawford County

2,502 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 470
2022 553
2023 514
2024 548
2025 417
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 77 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
34%
36
Cause undetermined
20%
21
Intentional / arson
10%
11
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
14
Under investigation
21%
22
Act of nature (lightning)
2%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $618K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Crawford County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 86% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $133,570 CRESTLINE Building fires Significant
2 $125,000 CRESTLINE Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 JACKSON Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Galion Building fires Significant
5 $34,000 GALION Building fires Significant
6 $30,000 BUCYRUS Building fires Significant
7 $30,000 Galion Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $25,000 GALION Building fires Significant
9 $20,000 GALION Building fires Significant
10 $20,000 GALION Building fires Significant
06 How Crawford County compares

Crawford County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

14.55
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
14.55
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
2.69
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
2.69
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
34.9
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crawford County
34.9
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crawford County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39033.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crawford County

13 departments report from this county.

COSHOCTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 16003 106 incidents 18 paid
BUCYRUS FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 17001 105 incidents 16 paid
GALION FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 17007 83 incidents 17 paid
WALHONDING VALLEY FIRE DISTRIC
—
FDID 16211 68 incidents
WEST LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 16013 56 incidents
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.