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2025 County Report

Fires in Blaine County, NE

In 2025, fire departments serving Blaine County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

101 residents FIPS 31009 4 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
1
15 across 5 years
Building fires
0
1 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?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Grass fire 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Blaine County?

Apr peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Blaine County

15 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 2
2022 4
2023 6
2024 2
2025 1
06 How Blaine County compares

Blaine County vs NE vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.9
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Blaine County
9.9
NE avg
5.67
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Blaine County
0
NE avg
0.57
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Blaine County
0
NE avg
7
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Blaine County

4 cities mapped to FIPS 31009.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Blaine County

3 departments report from this county.

Brewster Rural Fire Dist
Brewster
FDID 86001 3 incidents 23 vol
Dunning Vol Fire Dept
Dunning
FDID 86002 0 incidents 29 vol
Purdum Rural Fire Dept
Purdum
FDID 86003 0 incidents 42 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.