ZIP 55021 recorded 227 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,110 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Rice County, MN.
1,110 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 208 | |
| 2023 | 245 | |
| 2024 | 215 | |
| 2025 | 227 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 55021 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 245 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 221 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 100 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 69 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 67 | 6.0% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 55021 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 33 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 13 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 67 | 35.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 55021 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 212% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $215,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 55021.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faribault | 1,098 |
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 — 1,110 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.