In 2025, fire departments serving Franklin County responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Apr dips.
215 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2024 | 76 | |
| 2025 | 28 |
For the 9 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Franklin County during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Mount Carmel | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $5,000 | Metamora | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $1 | New Trenton Census D | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 18047.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Brookville | 2,619 | View › |
| Oldenburg | 723 | View › |
| Laurel | 588 | View › |
| Metamora | 405 | View › |
| Blooming Grove | 282 | View › |
| Andersonville | 271 | View › |
| New Trenton | 258 | View › |
| Cedar Grove | 206 | View › |
| Lake View | 72 | View › |
| Peppertown | 41 | View › |
| Mount Carmel | 31 | View › |
| Hamburg | 23 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 3&4 Spring 2109 WUI | 2019 | FWS | 1,977 |
| 2 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 8 Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 769 |
| 3 | OGDEN DUNS | 1986 | NPS | 556 |
| 4 | 21-INDU Tolleston Dunes East | 2021 | NPS | 550 |
| 5 | Miller 3 Wildfire | 2021 | NPS | 424 |
| 6 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 5&41 Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 419 |
| 7 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 28&29 PGM Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 410 |
| 8 | INBOR-FY19-RX-Unit 31 North Spring 2109 NonWUI | 2019 | FWS | 400 |
| 9 | 23 Tolleston Dunes West RX BIL | 2023 | NPS | 335 |
| 10 | 22-INDU Derby Ditch | 2021 | NPS | 327 |
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.