In 2025, fire departments serving Lyndon responded to 43 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
171 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $218K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | — | |
| 2022 | 43 | +19.4% | |
| 2023 | 30 | -30.2% | |
| 2024* | 19 | — | |
| 2025 | 43 | — |
* Well below Lyndon'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 2 building fires Lyndon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 6 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Machinery room or area; elevator machinery room | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 13.3% |
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 Lyndon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Candle | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lyndon departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lyndon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 75,858 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 | 36.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5,000 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,500 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3,490 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 42.7 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 | 66451 | 171 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Lyndon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.