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2025 County Report

Fires in Banner County, NE

In 2025, fire departments serving Banner County responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

59 residents FIPS 31007 1 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
11
135 across 5 years
Building fires
0
7 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.

11
Total Incidents
Forest, woods or wildland fire 4 36.4%
Grass fire 3 27.3%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 1 9.1%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 1 9.1%
Cultivated grain or crop fire 1 9.1%
All other categories 1 9.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Banner County?

Apr peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 4
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 3
Aug 2
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Banner County

135 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 50
2022 34
2023 12
2024 28
2025 11
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
4
Under investigation
12%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
38%
3
06 How Banner County compares

Banner County vs NE vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

186.44
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Banner County
186.44
NE avg
5.67
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Banner County
0
NE avg
0.57
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Banner County
0
NE avg
7
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Banner County

1 cities mapped to FIPS 31007.

CityPopulation 
Harrisburg 59 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Banner County

1 departments report from this county.

Banner County Vol Fire Rescue
Harrisburg
FDID 85001 13 incidents 49 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NE

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Ash 2012 USFS 56,470
2 POWDERHORN 2000 USFS 45,765
3 Bovee 2022 USFS 18,875
4 Spotted Tail #3 2006 USFS 17,928
5 Plum 1965 USFS 13,235
6 Roberts Tract 2006 USFS 9,929
7 Hay Canyon 2012 USFS 9,882
8 Good Friday 1995 USFS 6,853
9 Red Kate 2019 FWS 5,035
10 Coffee 1987 USFS 4,836

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.