In 2025, fire departments serving Williamsfield responded to 19 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 84% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
57 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $45K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 10 | -16.7% | |
| 2025 | 19 | +90.0% |
* Well below Williamsfield'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 0 building fires Williamsfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Wall assembly | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Williamsfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Williamsfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,728 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 | 38.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 250 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 195 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 37 | 31.7 mi |
Top 4 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 Williamsfield. 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.