In 2025, fire departments serving Camargo responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
34 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | +160.0% |
* Well below Camargo's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 1 building fires Camargo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 14.3% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Camargo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 14.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Camargo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 23 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 932 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 46.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61919 | 34 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Camargo. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Camargo.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.