ZIP 50428 recorded 18 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 271 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cerro Gordo County, IA.
271 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 51 | |
| 2023 | 66 | |
| 2024 | 93 | |
| 2025 | 18 |
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 50428 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 38 | 14.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 30 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 29 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 18 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 17 | 6.3% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 50428 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 28 | 27.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 20.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 13.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 50428 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 12950% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $64,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 50428.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Lake | 270 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 271 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.