ZIP 68504 recorded 124 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 581 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, NE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
581 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | |
| 2022 | 86 | |
| 2023 | 155 | |
| 2024 | 154 | |
| 2025 | 124 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 68504 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 83 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 73 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 64 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 51 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 30 | 5.2% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 68504 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 45 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 38 | 21.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 24.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 100 | 55.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 24 | 13.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 68504 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 357% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $164,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $121,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 68504.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln | 493 |
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 — 581 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.