In 2025, fire departments serving Glenville responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
63 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $330K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | +11.8% | |
| 2024 | 9 | -52.6% | |
| 2025 | 13 | +44.4% |
* Well below Glenville'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 2 building fires Glenville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 23 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 | Undetermined | 8 | 34.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 26.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Vacant structural area | 1 | 4.3% |
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 Glenville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 52.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Match | 1 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Glenville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Glenville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,523 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 9.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 177 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 | 10.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 15.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 45.1 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 | 56036 | 63 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Glenville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Glenville.
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.