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2025 County Report

Fires in Gray County, KS

In 2025, fire departments serving Gray County responded to 3 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $175K property loss.

3,557 residents FIPS 20069 8 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
3
31 across 5 years
Building fires
0
1 wildland
Property loss
$175K
$175K structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

3
Total Incidents
Fire, other 1 33.3%
Grass fire 1 33.3%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 1 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Gray County?

Apr peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Gray County

31 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 3
2022 8
2023 8
2024 9
2025 3
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
100%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $175K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Gray County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $175,000 Ingalls Fire, other Significant
06 How Gray County compares

Gray County vs KS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.84
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Gray County
0.84
KS avg
9.66
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Gray County
0
KS avg
0.99
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Gray County
0
KS avg
8.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Gray County

8 cities mapped to FIPS 20069.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Gray County

5 departments report from this county.

Gray County
Cimarron
FDID GY301 2 incidents 17 vol
Copeland Fire Dept
Copeland
FDID GY302 0 incidents 10 vol
ENSIGN FIRE DEPARTMENT
Ensign
FDID GY303 0 incidents 8 vol
Ingalls Fire Department
Ingalls
FDID GY304 0 incidents 5 vol
Montezuma Fire Department
Montezuma
FDID GY305 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in KS

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 ANNUAL BUR 1998 NPS 60,039
2 Tunner 2011 USFS 19,656
3 Boiling Springs 2021 PRI 4,571
4 BIG SALT MARSH 2010 FWS 3,697
5 Steeler 2006 USFS 2,380
6 Greenwood 2010 USFS 2,078
7 15 Two Section East Traps 2015 NPS 2,060
8 21 Big South 2021 NPS 1,954
9 Cottonwood 2018 FWS 1,508
10 East Kennedy Creek 2019 PRI 1,115

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.