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2025 County Report

Fires in Bond County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Bond County responded to 277 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $235K property loss.

10,551 residents FIPS 17005 18 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
277
1,190 across 5 years
Building fires
73
68 wildland
Property loss
$1.9M
$1.2M structure · $737K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

277
Total Incidents
Building fires 73 26.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 43 15.5%
Power line down 19 6.9%
Carbon monoxide incident 13 4.7%
Grass fire 12 4.3%
All other categories 117 42.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Bond County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 15
Feb 29
Mar 70
Apr 31
May 13
Jun 10
Jul 13
Aug 11
Sep 19
Oct 19
Nov 32
Dec 15
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Bond County

1,190 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 116
2022 263
2023 270
2024 264
2025 277
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 73 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
35%
32
Cause undetermined
29%
26
Intentional / arson
15%
14
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
10
Under investigation
7%
6
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $950K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Bond County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 80% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $235,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
2 $120,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Sorento Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
6 $100,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
7 $100,000 Sorento Building fires Significant
8 $35,000 mulberry grove Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
9 $30,000 Greenville Building fires Significant
10 $30,000 mulberry grove Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
06 How Bond County compares

Bond County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

26.25
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Bond County
26.25
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
6.92
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Bond County
6.92
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Bond County
0
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Bond County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17005.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Bond County

6 departments report from this county.

GREENVILLE FPD
—
FDID BA124 82 incidents
MULBERRY GROVE FPD
Mulberry Grove
FDID BA133 47 incidents 17 vol
SHOAL CREEK FPD
Sorento
FDID BA174 47 incidents 31 vol
SMITHBORO FPD
Smithboro
FDID BA164 45 incidents 20 vol
PocahontasOld Ripley Fire EMS
—
FDID BA154 30 incidents 28 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in IL

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Red Shale RX 2024 FWS 1,290
2 Herrin Flats RX 2024 FWS 1,134
3 Beach RX 2024 FWS 864
4 Hampton North RX 2024 FWS 708
5 Hampton RX 2024 FWS 668
6 Grassy Creek 2 RX 2024 FWS 621
7 Chamness RX 2024 FWS 610
8 Greenbriar RX 2024 FWS 590
9 COR - Devils Kitchen West RX 2024 FWS 468
10 Smith RX 2024 FWS 366

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.