ZIP 68840 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 12 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Buffalo County, NE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
12 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 68840 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 5 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 1 | 8.3% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 68840 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Wall assembly | 1 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Match | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 33.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 68840 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 68840.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibbon | 8 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney County | NE | 1.00 | FIPS 31099 |
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 — 12 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.