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2025 County Report

Fires in Nuckolls County, NE

In 2025, fire departments serving Nuckolls County responded to 0 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

2,932 residents FIPS 31129 15 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
0
36 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Nuckolls County

36 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 5
2022 17
2023 3
2024 11
2025 0
06 How Nuckolls County compares

Nuckolls County vs NE vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

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

Largest cities in Nuckolls County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 31129.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Nuckolls County

5 departments report from this county.

Superior Vol Fire Dept
Superior
FDID 42005 1 incidents 1 paid 30 vol
Hardy Vol Fire Dept
HARDY
FDID 42001 0 incidents 18 vol
Lawrence Vol Fire Dept
Lawrence
FDID 42002 0 incidents 36 vol
Nelson Vol Fire Dept
Nelson
FDID 42003 0 incidents 34 vol
Ruskin Vol Fire Dept
RUSKIN
FDID 42004 0 incidents 22 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.