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2025 County Report

Fires in Fulton County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Fulton County responded to 315 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.

22,585 residents FIPS 39051 29 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
315
2,381 across 5 years
Building fires
50
46 wildland
Property loss
$2.0M
$1.3M structure · $765K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.

315
Total Incidents
Building fires 50 15.9%
Unauthorized burning 23 7.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 22 7.0%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 21 6.7%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 20 6.3%
All other categories 179 56.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fulton County?

Apr peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 23
Feb 12
Mar 36
Apr 41
May 19
Jun 28
Jul 27
Aug 20
Sep 27
Oct 31
Nov 41
Dec 10
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fulton County

2,381 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 483
2022 537
2023 523
2024 523
2025 315
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 50 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
23%
23
Cause undetermined
31%
31
Intentional / arson
24%
24
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
12
Under investigation
9%
9
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.0M in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Delta Road freight or transport vehicle fire Major
2 $200,000 Archbold Building fires Significant
3 $200,000 MONCLOVA TWP Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
4 $100,000 Metamora Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $75,000 Swanton Building fires Significant
6 $50,000 Delta Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Delta Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $40,000 SWANTON Building fires Significant
9 $30,000 Archbold Building fires Significant
10 $30,000 HARDING TWP Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Fulton County compares

Fulton County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.95
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
13.95
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
2.21
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
2.21
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fulton County
0
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fulton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39051.

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.