In 2025, fire departments serving Minong responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 72% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
103 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 7 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | — | |
| 2022* | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | +84.6% | |
| 2025 | 25 | +4.2% |
* Well below Minong'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 7 building fires Minong departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 33 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 | 5 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Function area, other | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 9.1% |
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 Minong mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 42.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Candle | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 3.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Minong departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $400 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Minong sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 4 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,324 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,499 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1,350 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,167 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 656 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 487 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 275 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 258 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 240 | 5.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 216 | 34.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 180 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 171 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 170 | 45.7 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Wisconsin cities with population within ±25% of Minong. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Minong.
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.