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2025 County Report

Fires in Lane County, KS

In 2025, fire departments serving Lane County responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5K property loss.

1,070 residents FIPS 20101 5 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
13
103 across 5 years
Building fires
0
3 wildland
Property loss
$7K
$6K structure · $500 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.

13
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 3 23.1%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 1 7.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 7.7%
Natural vegetation fire, other 1 7.7%
Grass fire 1 7.7%
All other categories 6 46.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lane County?

Jan peaks. Oct dips.

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

Year over year in Lane County

103 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 28
2022 20
2023 18
2024 24
2025 13
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
33%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
67%
2
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $6K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Lane County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $5,000 Healy Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
2 $1,000 Healy Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) Significant
06 How Lane County compares

Lane County vs KS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.15
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lane County
12.15
KS avg
9.66
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lane County
0
KS avg
0.99
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lane County
0
KS avg
8.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lane County

5 cities mapped to FIPS 20101.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lane County

2 departments report from this county.

LANE CO FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID LE402 8 incidents
Dighton Fire Department
—
FDID LE301 5 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.