In 2025, fire departments serving Oneida responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
50 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $211K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | +122.2% |
* Well below Oneida'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 Oneida departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 27 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 | Outside area, other | 7 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Office | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 11.1% |
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 Oneida mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 3.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oneida sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 8,069 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1,500 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,200 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 832 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 640 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 630 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 333 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 282 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 232 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 195 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 174 | 47.0 mi |
Top 2 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 Oneida. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Oneida.
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.