In 2025, fire departments serving Eldorado responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
82 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | 31 | +93.8% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -38.7% |
* Well below Eldorado'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 3 building fires Eldorado departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 5 | 62.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Vacant structural area | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Eldorado mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 87.5% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eldorado sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,239 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 | 6.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 177 | 11.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 | 10.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 6.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 160 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 150 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 47.1 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 | 62930 | 82 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Eldorado. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Eldorado.
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.