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2025 County Report

Fires in Hubbard County, MN

In 2025, fire departments serving Hubbard County responded to 104 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $524K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

5,299 residents FIPS 27057 19 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
104
462 across 5 years
Building fires
24
20 wildland
Property loss
$2.4M
$1.4M structure · $964K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.

104
Total Incidents
Building fires 24 23.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 13 12.5%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 10 9.6%
Carbon monoxide incident 9 8.7%
Power line down 9 8.7%
All other categories 39 37.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Hubbard County?

Jul peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 5
Feb 6
Mar 7
Apr 6
May 17
Jun 5
Jul 19
Aug 5
Sep 7
Oct 11
Nov 5
Dec 11
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Hubbard County

462 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 88
2022 103
2023 73
2024 94
2025 104
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 24 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
47%
9
Cause undetermined
11%
2
Intentional / arson
11%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
16%
3
Under investigation
16%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Hubbard County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $524,496 Park Rapids Building fires Major
2 $470,900 City of Laporte Building fires Major
3 $200,000 City of Park Rapids Building fires Significant
4 $88,166 Park Rapids Building fires Significant
5 $40,000 Laporte Building fires Significant
6 $30,000 Laporte Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $30,000 Laporte Building fires Significant
8 $15,000 Laporte Building fires Significant
9 $8,721 Park Rapids Building fires Significant
10 $1,755 Park Rapids Building fires Significant
06 How Hubbard County compares

Hubbard County vs MN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

19.63
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Hubbard County
19.63
MN avg
7.36
US avg
7.15
4.53
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Hubbard County
4.53
MN avg
1.08
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Hubbard County
0
MN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Hubbard County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 27057.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Hubbard County

5 departments report from this county.

PARK RAPIDS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 29105 78 incidents
NEVIS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 29104 17 incidents
LAKEPORT FD
—
FDID 29103 13 incidents
LAKE GEORGE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 29102 0 incidents
EAST HUBBARD CO
—
FDID 29106 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MN

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Greenwood 2021 USFS 26,829
2 MNGLR-FY21-WF-Oxcart 2021 FWS 12,536
3 Palsburg 2015 FWS 4,456
4 Agassiz NWR Project RX 2024 FWS 4,208
5 MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 4a 6 6a 2019 FWS 2,989
6 RL 005 UNIT 8 & 9 2021 BIA 2,937
7 4 Square Mile RX 2024 FWS 2,481
8 RL 029 2018 BIA 2,360
9 Unit 8E RX 2024 FWS 2,241
10 MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 7 9 11 2019 FWS 2,193

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.