In 2025, fire departments serving Maple Grove responded to 274 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $950K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,300 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $13.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 262 | — | |
| 2022 | 274 | +4.6% | |
| 2023 | 245 | -10.6% | |
| 2024 | 245 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 274 | +11.8% |
For the 38 building fires Maple Grove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 359 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 | 62 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 58 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 38 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 21 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 17 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 83 | 23.1% |
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 Maple Grove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 161 | 44.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 17 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 17 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Candle | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 47 | 13.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Maple Grove departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 82% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $950,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $650,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $650,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $500,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $475,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Maple Grove sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
13 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,295 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8,513 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 21.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 15.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 30.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 280 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 248 | 24.5 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Maple Grove. 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.