In 2025, fire departments serving Udall responded to 37 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
207 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $930K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | — | |
| 2022 | 46 | -28.1% | |
| 2023* | 23 | — | |
| 2024 | 37 | — | |
| 2025 | 37 | +0.0% |
* Well below Udall'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 6 building fires Udall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 120 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 | 51 | 42.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 16 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 11.7% |
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 Udall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 22 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 17 | 14.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 12 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Udall departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,500 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Udall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 106,607 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,650 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 9,077 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,400 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 3,800 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,500 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 42.3 mi |
Top 3 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 Udall. 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.