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2025 County Report

Fires in Kimball County, NE

In 2025, fire departments serving Kimball County responded to 2 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

2,610 residents FIPS 31105 6 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
2
21 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?

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

2
Total Incidents
Outside rubbish fire, other 1 50.0%
Special outside fire, other 1 50.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Kimball County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Kimball County

21 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 13
2022 3
2023 2
2024 1
2025 2
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
50%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Kimball County compares

Kimball County vs NE vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.77
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Kimball County
0.77
NE avg
5.67
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Kimball County
0
NE avg
0.57
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Kimball County
0
NE avg
7
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Kimball County

6 cities mapped to FIPS 31105.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Kimball County

3 departments report from this county.

Bushnell Vol Fire Department
Bushnell
FDID 71001 0 incidents 20 vol
Dix Vol Fire Dept
Dix
FDID 71002 0 incidents 12 vol
Kimball Vol Fire Dept
KIMBALL
FDID 71003 0 incidents 30 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.