ZIP 55917 recorded 22 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 141 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Steele County, MN.
141 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2022 | 32 | |
| 2023 | 33 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 22 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 55917 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 37 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 19 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 14 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 9 | 6.4% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 55917 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 12 | 27.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 5 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 18.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 55917 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2226% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $833,920 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $576,768 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $484,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $417,600 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $165,600 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $147,161 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $143,015 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $115,328 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 55917.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blooming Prairie | 27 | |
| 2 | Aurora | 12 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge County | MN | 0.50 | FIPS 27039 |
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 — 141 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.