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2025 County Report

Fires in Logan County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Logan County responded to 427 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.5M property loss.

24,268 residents FIPS 39091 33 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
427
2,641 across 5 years
Building fires
81
44 wildland
Property loss
$9.9M
$5.3M structure · $4.7M contents
Casualties
0 / 3
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 3 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.

427
Total Incidents
Building fires 81 19.0%
Power line down 55 12.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 41 9.6%
Passenger vehicle fire 22 5.2%
Unauthorized burning 19 4.4%
All other categories 209 48.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Logan County?

Oct peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 19
Feb 34
Mar 34
Apr 37
May 55
Jun 38
Jul 28
Aug 16
Sep 20
Oct 72
Nov 43
Dec 31
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Logan County

2,641 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 483
2022 604
2023 524
2024 603
2025 427
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 81 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
52
Cause undetermined
15%
18
Intentional / arson
8%
10
Equipment / heat source failure
20%
24
Under investigation
9%
11
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $4.3M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Logan County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 83% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,500,000 BELLE CENTER Building fires Major
2 $758,000 Belle Center Building fires Major
3 $558,000 Belle Center Building fires Major
4 $450,000 Lewistown Building fires Major
5 $347,200 Zanesfield Building fires Major
6 $250,000 Bellefontaine Building fires Major
7 $150,000 East Liberty Building fires Significant
8 $125,000 Belle Center Building fires Significant
9 $105,290 Bellefontaine Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
10 $100,000 Belle Center Building fires Significant
06 How Logan County compares

Logan County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

17.6
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Logan County
17.6
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
3.34
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Logan County
3.34
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Logan County
0
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Logan County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39091.

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.