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2025 County Report

Fires in Wyandot County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Wyandot County responded to 194 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $117K property loss.

12,316 residents FIPS 39175 20 cities · 11 fire depts
Total incidents
194
1,253 across 5 years
Building fires
33
20 wildland
Property loss
$509K
$350K structure · $160K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 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 50% of all calls.

194
Total Incidents
Building fires 33 17.0%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 31 16.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 14 7.2%
Power line down 10 5.2%
Aircraft standby 9 4.6%
All other categories 97 50.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Wyandot County?

May peaks. Mar dips.

Jan 15
Feb 17
Mar 8
Apr 18
May 31
Jun 20
Jul 12
Aug 9
Sep 8
Oct 19
Nov 21
Dec 16
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Wyandot County

1,253 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 200
2022 262
2023 248
2024 349
2025 194
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
47%
32
Cause undetermined
18%
12
Intentional / arson
6%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
5
Under investigation
15%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
7%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $345K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Wyandot County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $117,000 Sycamore Building fires Significant
2 $50,000 Sycamore Building fires Significant
3 $40,000 Carey Building fires Significant
4 $30,000 Upper Sandusky Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
5 $30,000 Upper Sandusky Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $30,000 Carey Building fires Significant
7 $30,000 Nevada Fire in portable building, fixed location Significant
8 $10,000 Carey Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
9 $5,000 Sycamore Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $2,500 Nevada Building fires Significant
06 How Wyandot County compares

Wyandot County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

15.75
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Wyandot County
15.75
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
2.68
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Wyandot County
2.68
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Wyandot County
0
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Wyandot County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39175.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Wyandot County

11 departments report from this county.

PERRYSBURG TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 87125 108 incidents 18 paid
UPPER SANDUSKY FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 88013 100 incidents 3 paid 3 vol
MIDDLETON TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 87117 38 incidents
CAREY VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 88001 37 incidents
TROY TWP VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 87131 32 incidents 3 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.