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2025 County Report

Fires in Holt County, NE

In 2025, fire departments serving Holt County responded to 5 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

6,628 residents FIPS 31089 23 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
5
79 across 5 years
Building fires
1
2 wildland
Property loss
$1K
$1K structure · $200 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.

5
Total Incidents
Fire, other 1 20.0%
Building fires 1 20.0%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 1 20.0%
Natural vegetation fire, other 1 20.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 1 20.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Holt County?

Oct peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Holt County

79 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 21
2022 46
2023 5
2024 2
2025 5
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $1K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000 Page Building fires Significant
06 How Holt County compares

Holt County vs NE vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.75
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Holt County
0.75
NE avg
5.67
US avg
7.15
0.15
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Holt County
0.15
NE avg
0.57
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Holt County
0
NE avg
7
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Holt County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 31089.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Holt County

8 departments report from this county.

Page Vol Fire Dept
Page
FDID 36007 5 incidents 17 vol
Atkinson Vol Fire Rescue
Atkinson
FDID 36001 0 incidents 35 vol
Chambers Vol Fire Dept
Chambers
FDID 36002 0 incidents 35 vol
EMMET VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 36003 0 incidents
Ewing Vol Fire Dept
Ewing
FDID 36004 0 incidents 20 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.