In 2025, fire departments serving Shakopee responded to 225 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,080 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $11.3M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 210 | — | |
| 2022 | 258 | +22.9% | |
| 2023 | 191 | -26.0% | |
| 2024 | 196 | +2.6% | |
| 2025 | 225 | +14.8% |
For the 44 building fires Shakopee departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 320 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 | 70 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 32 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 25 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 86 | 26.9% |
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 Shakopee mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 160 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 21 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 41 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Shakopee departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 86% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $95,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $90,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $45,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shakopee sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
130 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 11 | |
| 30-39 | 52 | |
| 40-49 | 41 | |
| 50-59 | 19 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 4 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 20,868 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 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,909 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 37.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 35.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 29.4 mi |
Top 3 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 Shakopee. 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.