ZIP 56560 recorded 214 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,101 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Clay County, MN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,101 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 186 | |
| 2022 | 193 | |
| 2023 | 297 | |
| 2024 | 211 | |
| 2025 | 214 |
Dec peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 56560 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 210 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 150 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 141 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 96 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 75 | 6.8% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 56560 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 67 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 35 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 33 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 139 | 37.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 47.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 49 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 25 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 56560 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 342% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $822,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $434,900 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $304,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $255,600 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $202,200 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 56560.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moorhead | 1,093 |
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 — 1,101 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.