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2025 County Report

Fires in Stevens County, MN

In 2025, fire departments serving Stevens County responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents.

6,569 residents FIPS 27149 5 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
12
120 across 5 years
Building fires
2
1 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 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 67% of all calls.

12
Total Incidents
Building fires 2 16.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 16.7%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 2 16.7%
Fire, other 1 8.3%
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 1 8.3%
All other categories 4 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Stevens County?

Jun peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 2
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 0
Jun 3
Jul 0
Aug 2
Sep 1
Oct 2
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Stevens County

120 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 17
2022 42
2023 45
2024 4
2025 12
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
100%
7
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Stevens County compares

Stevens County vs MN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.83
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Stevens County
1.83
MN avg
7.36
US avg
7.15
0.3
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Stevens County
0.3
MN avg
1.08
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Stevens County
0
MN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Stevens County

5 cities mapped to FIPS 27149.

CityPopulation 
Morris 5,094 View ›
Hancock 725 View ›
Chokio 412 View ›
Donnelly 237 View ›
Alberta 101 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Stevens County

4 departments report from this county.

MORRIS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 75104 11 incidents
HANCOCK FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 75103 1 incidents
CHOKIO FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 75101 0 incidents
DONNELLY FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 75102 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.