In 2025, fire departments serving Eden Valley responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $260K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.
May peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
55 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $364K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | -56.2% | |
| 2024 | 10 | +42.9% | |
| 2025 | 16 | +60.0% |
* Well below Eden Valley's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 8 building fires Eden Valley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Wall assembly | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 5.9% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Eden Valley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eden Valley departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $260,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eden Valley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,245 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,737 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 847 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 830 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 750 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 710 | 48.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 620 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 480 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 440 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 430 | 30.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 430 | 47.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 423 | 49.2 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55329 | 55 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Eden Valley. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.