ZIP 55912 recorded 148 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 686 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Freeborn County, MN.
686 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 118 | |
| 2023 | 132 | |
| 2024 | 123 | |
| 2025 | 148 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 55912 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 123 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 100 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 84 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 72 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 47 | 6.9% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 55912 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 14.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 23 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 14 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 91 | 35.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 94 | 36.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 21 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 57 | 22.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 55912 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 155% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $935,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $296,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $145,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $123,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 55912.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 674 | |
| 2 | Columbia Falls | 1 | |
| 3 | Rochester | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mower County | MN | 1.00 | FIPS 27099 |
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 — 686 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.