In 2025, fire departments serving Winfield responded to 234 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,074 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.3M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 169 | — | |
| 2022 | 238 | +40.8% | |
| 2023 | 249 | +4.6% | |
| 2024 | 184 | -26.1% | |
| 2025 | 234 | +27.2% |
For the 31 building fires Winfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 184 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 | 36 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 54 | 29.3% |
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 Winfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 50.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Winfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,160 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $8,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Winfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 161,208 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 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20,307 | 41.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 9,077 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,400 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,325 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 47.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5,015 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 43.4 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 Winfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Winfield.
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.