In 2025, fire departments serving Mapleton responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 59% of all calls.
May peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
133 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $725K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | -30.6% | |
| 2024 | 40 | +60.0% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -57.5% |
* Well below Mapleton'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 Mapleton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 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 | 9 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Machinery room or area; elevator machinery room | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 16.1% |
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 Mapleton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 35.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 32.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 3.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mapleton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,102 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,909 | 23.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 28.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 177 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 | 15.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 42.5 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 | 56065 | 133 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Mapleton. 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.