In 2025, fire departments serving Lamberton responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
32 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $212K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | -9.1% |
* Well below Lamberton'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 0 building fires Lamberton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Multiple areas | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Lamberton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lamberton departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lamberton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,788 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 152 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 127 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 123 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 108 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 96 | 27.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 | 34.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 75 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 65 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 44.6 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 | 56152 | 32 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Lamberton. 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.