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2025 County Report

Fires in Monroe County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Monroe County responded to 78 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $400K property loss.

4,301 residents FIPS 39111 55 cities · 9 fire depts
Total incidents
78
466 across 5 years
Building fires
33
12 wildland
Property loss
$2.0M
$1.5M structure · $453K 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 67% of all calls.

78
Total Incidents
Building fires 33 42.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 7.7%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 6 7.7%
Power line down 4 5.1%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 3 3.8%
All other categories 26 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Monroe County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 4
Feb 4
Mar 11
Apr 9
May 11
Jun 8
Jul 5
Aug 10
Sep 1
Oct 6
Nov 4
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Monroe County

466 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 104
2022 80
2023 117
2024 87
2025 78
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 33 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
27%
10
Cause undetermined
35%
13
Intentional / arson
11%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
5
Under investigation
8%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.5M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Monroe County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 97% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $400,000 Beallsville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
2 $250,000 Clarington Building fires Major
3 $200,000 Beallsville Building fires Significant
4 $130,380 Lewisville Building fires Significant
5 $125,000 Clarington Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Graysville Building fires Significant
7 $100,000 Clarington Building fires Significant
8 $90,000 Beallsville Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 Clarington Building fires Significant
10 $15,000 Jerusalem Building fires Significant
06 How Monroe County compares

Monroe County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

18.14
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Monroe County
18.14
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
7.67
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Monroe County
7.67
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Monroe County
0
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Monroe County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39111.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Monroe County

9 departments report from this county.

BEALLSVILLE VOL FIRE DEPARTMEN
—
FDID 56203 22 incidents 2 vol
BRADFORD FIRE RESCUE
—
FDID 55236 20 incidents 2 vol
WOODSFIELD VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 56023 17 incidents 3 vol
LEWISVILLE COMM VOL FIRE DEP
—
FDID 56209 15 incidents 2 vol
SARDIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME
SARDIS
FDID 56219 15 incidents 20 vol
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.