In 2025, fire departments serving Goodland responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
100 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $70K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | -18.5% | |
| 2023* | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | -46.2% |
* Well below Goodland's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 3 building fires Goodland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 53.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 6.7% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Goodland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 73.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 6.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Goodland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 12 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 305 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 | 26.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47948 | 100 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Goodland. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Goodland.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.