In 2025, fire departments serving Guernsey County responded to 387 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $180K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips.
2,088 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 420 | |
| 2022 | 406 | |
| 2023 | 419 | |
| 2024 | 456 | |
| 2025 | 387 |
For the 60 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Guernsey County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 78% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $180,000 | Cambridge | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Lore City | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $59,500 | Cumberland | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Cambridge | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Cambridge | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $47,000 | Cambridge | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Cambridge | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant |
| 8 | $35,000 | Cambridge | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 9 | $25,000 | Quaker City | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $20,000 | Byesville | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39059.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 10,087 | View › |
| Byesville | 2,258 | View › |
| Buffalo | 794 | View › |
| Pleasant City | 608 | View › |
| Old Washington | 481 | View › |
| Senecaville | 449 | View › |
| Quaker City | 401 | View › |
| Lore City | 353 | View › |
| Cumberland | 323 | View › |
| Salesville | 150 | View › |
| Kimbolton | 130 | View › |
| Fairview | 44 | View › |
41 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.