ZIP 56055 recorded 22 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 128 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Blue Earth County, MN.
128 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 33 | |
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 22 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 56055 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 25 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 19 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 17 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 11 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 8 | 6.2% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 56055 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Machinery room or area; elevator machinery room | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 56055 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 7310% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $5,500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $3,100 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 56055.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Crystal | 127 |
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 — 128 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.