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2025 County Report

Fires in Kingman County, KS

In 2025, fire departments serving Kingman County responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $20K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

4,245 residents FIPS 20095 23 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
35
300 across 5 years
Building fires
1
20 wildland
Property loss
$70K
$65K structure · $5K 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 74% of all calls.

35
Total Incidents
Grass fire 14 40.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 17.1%
Cooking fire, confined to container 2 5.7%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 2 5.7%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 2 5.7%
All other categories 9 25.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Kingman County?

Mar peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 1
Feb 2
Mar 15
Apr 5
May 2
Jun 2
Jul 3
Aug 1
Sep 2
Oct 0
Nov 2
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Kingman County

300 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 69
2022 74
2023 63
2024 59
2025 35
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
4
Cause undetermined
38%
3
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

6 fires · $65K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Kingman County during 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $20,000 Cunningham Passenger vehicle fire Significant
2 $15,000 Cunningham Outside equipment fire Significant
3 $14,000 Cunningham Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
4 $10,000 Kingman Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
5 $5,000 Cunningham Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
6 $1,275 MURDOCK Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Kingman County compares

Kingman County vs KS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.24
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Kingman County
8.24
KS avg
9.66
US avg
7.15
0.24
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Kingman County
0.24
KS avg
0.99
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Kingman County
0
KS avg
8.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Kingman County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 20095.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Kingman County

6 departments report from this county.

Kingman Fire Department
Kingman
FDID KM201 8 incidents
Cunningham Rural Fire Dept
Cunningham
FDID KM302 8 incidents
Zenda Fire Dept
Zenda
FDID KM306 6 incidents 20 vol
Norwich Fire Dept
Norwich
FDID KM304 4 incidents 1 paid
Nashville Fire Dept
NASVILLE
FDID KM303 1 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.