ZIP 50568 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 12 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Buena Vista County, IA.
12 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 50568 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 7 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 1 | 8.3% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 50568 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 50568 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 102% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 50568.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newell | 12 |
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 — 12 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.