ZIP 51038 recorded 20 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 54 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Plymouth County, IA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
54 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 20 |
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 51038 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 13 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 7 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2 | 3.7% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 51038 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 14.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 51038 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 896% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,250,000 | Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $7,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 51038.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merrill | 53 |
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 — 54 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.