In 2025, fire departments serving Leavenworth responded to 426 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $580K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,980 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $8.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 358 | — | |
| 2022 | 339 | -5.3% | |
| 2023 | 363 | +7.1% | |
| 2024 | 494 | +36.1% | |
| 2025 | 426 | -13.8% |
For the 42 building fires Leavenworth departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 477 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 75 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 58 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 48 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 30 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 22 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 15 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 14 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 13 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 150 | 31.4% |
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 Leavenworth mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 234 | 49.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 38 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 35 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 14 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 9 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 58 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Leavenworth departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 78% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $580,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leavenworth sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
20 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,536 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 13.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 15.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 10.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 | 13.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 459 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 10.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 429 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 412 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 7.8 mi |
Top 8 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Leavenworth. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Leavenworth.
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.