ZIP 69361 recorded 144 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,021 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Scotts Bluff County, NE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,021 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 208 | |
| 2022 | 240 | |
| 2023 | 183 | |
| 2024 | 246 | |
| 2025 | 144 |
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 69361 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 162 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 133 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 109 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 73 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 68 | 6.7% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 69361 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 141 | 28.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 59 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 43 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 18 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 16 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 13 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 144 | 29.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 131 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 64 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 63 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 34 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 31 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 17 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 111 | 22.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 69361 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2261% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $128,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 69361.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottsbluff | 985 | |
| 2 | Gering | 21 | |
| 3 | Minatare | 1 | |
| 4 | Mitchell | 1 | |
| 5 | Terrytown | 1 |
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 — 1,021 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.