In 2025, fire departments serving Holdingford responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K 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.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
67 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $368K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | +100.0% | |
| 2023 | 16 | -27.3% | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 18 | — |
* Well below Holdingford'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 6 building fires Holdingford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 10 | 76.9% | |
| 2 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Storage area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Holdingford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 92.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Holdingford departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $24,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Holdingford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,995 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 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,725 | 46.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,460 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,260 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,250 | 28.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 830 | 20.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 750 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 710 | 27.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 680 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 663 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 640 | 33.9 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 | 56340 | 67 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Holdingford. 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.