ZIP 56701 recorded 91 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 428 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Marshall County, MN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
428 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 70 | |
| 2023 | 109 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 91 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 56701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 56 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 52 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 37 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 31 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Toxic condition, other | 30 | 7.0% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 56701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 37.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 51 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 17 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 56701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 237% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $489,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $270,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $153,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $138,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 56701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thief River Falls | 406 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington County | MN | 1.00 | FIPS 27113 |
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 — 428 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.