In 2025, fire departments serving Miner responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K 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 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
32 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $530K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 12 | +71.4% | |
| 2025 | 10 | -16.7% |
* Well below Miner'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 5 building fires Miner departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 5 | 62.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Miner mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Miner departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Miner sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,477 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 569 | 4.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 500 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 409 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 276 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 273 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 245 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 227 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 44.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 170 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 161 | 47.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 122 | 24.3 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 | 63801 | 32 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Miner. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Miner.
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.