ZIP 55057 recorded 154 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 502 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Rice County, MN.
502 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | |
| 2022 | 106 | |
| 2023 | 128 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 154 |
Oct peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 55057 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 113 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 112 | 22.3% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 26 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 26 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 25 | 5.0% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 55057 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 16 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 62 | 35.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 52 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 38 | 21.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 55057 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 211% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 55057.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northfield | 483 | |
| 2 | Lakeville | 1 | |
| 3 | Madison | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota County | MN | 0.50 | FIPS 27037 |
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 — 502 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.