In 2025, fire departments serving Perry County responded to 571 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
2,943 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 405 | |
| 2022 | 590 | |
| 2023 | 611 | |
| 2024 | 766 | |
| 2025 | 571 |
For the 162 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Perry County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | THORNVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $180,000 | New Straitsville | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $130,000 | Roseville | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $83,000 | THORNVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Thornville | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Roseville | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | ROSEVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | New Lexington | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $40,000 | Mount Perry | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $32,000 | MOUNT PERRY | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39127.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| New Lexington | 4,368 | View › |
| Crooksville | 2,311 | View › |
| Roseville | 2,053 | View › |
| Thornville | 1,595 | View › |
| Somerset | 1,544 | View › |
| Thornport | 1,040 | View › |
| Junction City | 860 | View › |
| New Straitsville | 764 | View › |
| Corning | 474 | View › |
| Shawnee | 411 | View › |
| Glenford | 271 | View › |
| Hemlock | 258 | View › |
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.