In 2025, fire departments serving Shelby County responded to 474 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $115K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips.
2,478 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 440 | |
| 2022 | 589 | |
| 2023 | 483 | |
| 2024 | 492 | |
| 2025 | 474 |
For the 132 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Shelby County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $115,350 | JACKSON CENTER | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $107,270 | ANNA | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Sidney | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Sidney | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $90,000 | ANNA | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Sidney | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | RUSSIA | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $65,000 | FORT LORAMIE | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | SIDNEY | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | FORT LORAMIE | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39149.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney | 20,350 | View › |
| Anna | 1,625 | View › |
| Fort Loramie | 1,494 | View › |
| Jackson Center | 1,352 | View › |
| Botkins | 999 | View › |
| Russia | 841 | View › |
| Port Jefferson | 387 | View › |
| Lockington | 173 | View › |
| Kettlersville | 117 | View › |
| Tawawa | 0 | View › |
| Houston | 0 | View › |
| Swanders | 0 | 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.