In 2025, fire departments serving Spring Hill responded to 105 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
427 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $3.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | 95 | — | |
| 2023 | 105 | +10.5% | |
| 2024 | 106 | +1.0% | |
| 2025 | 105 | -0.9% |
* Well below Spring Hill'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 9 building fires Spring Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 147 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 | 44 | 29.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 22 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Other | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 16 | 10.9% |
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 Spring Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 54.4% | |
| 2 | Fireworks | 9 | 6.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 15 | 10.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Spring Hill departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Overheated motor | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Spring Hill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 21,971 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 750 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 36.5 mi |
Top 5 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 Spring Hill. 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.