In 2025, fire departments serving Woodhull responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cultivated grain or crop fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
58 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $69K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 9 | +12.5% | |
| 2023 | 14 | +55.6% | |
| 2024 | 11 | -21.4% | |
| 2025 | 16 | +45.5% |
For the 1 building fires Woodhull departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 43.8% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.2% |
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 Woodhull mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | Match | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodhull departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodhull sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 8,458 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 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,200 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 832 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 640 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 630 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 333 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 282 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 232 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 195 | 27.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 180 | 49.7 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 | 61490 | 58 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Woodhull. 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.