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2025 County Report

Fires in Stevens County, KS

In 2025, fire departments serving Stevens County responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

4,326 residents FIPS 20189 4 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
31
209 across 5 years
Building fires
1
10 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?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

31
Total Incidents
Grass fire 7 22.6%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 4 12.9%
Unauthorized burning 3 9.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 6.5%
Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other 2 6.5%
All other categories 13 41.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Stevens County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 1
Feb 1
Mar 5
Apr 1
May 4
Jun 0
Jul 4
Aug 5
Sep 2
Oct 2
Nov 4
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Stevens County

209 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 57
2022 50
2023 26
2024 45
2025 31
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
52%
11
Cause undetermined
5%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
19%
4
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
24%
5
06 How Stevens County compares

Stevens County vs KS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.17
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Stevens County
7.17
KS avg
9.66
US avg
7.15
0.23
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Stevens County
0.23
KS avg
0.99
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Stevens County
0
KS avg
8.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Stevens County

4 cities mapped to FIPS 20189.

CityPopulation 
Hugoton 4,134 View ›
Moscow 192 View ›
Woods 0 View ›
Cave 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Stevens County

1 departments report from this county.

Stevens Co Fire Dept
—
FDID SV201 33 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.