ZIP 68355 recorded 23 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 79 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richardson County, NE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
79 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 23 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 68355 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Special outside fire, other | 14 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 13 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 8 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 6 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 5 | 6.3% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 68355 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 10 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 6 | 17.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 20.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Match | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 68355 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 944% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $27,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $16,298 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 68355.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falls City | 78 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 79 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.