In 2025, fire departments serving Crossville responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
49 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $64K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | +112.5% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | +85.7% |
* Well below Crossville'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 4 building fires Crossville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 7 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Closet | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Wall assembly | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 16.0% |
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 Crossville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 4.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Crossville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,623 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 716 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 418 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 365 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 356 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 177 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 115 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 115 | 44.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 38.7 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Crossville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.