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2025 County Report

Fires in Crawford County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Crawford County responded to 187 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.

11,354 residents FIPS 17033 27 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
187
1,046 across 5 years
Building fires
48
23 wildland
Property loss
$1.6M
$1.0M structure · $560K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.

187
Total Incidents
Building fires 48 25.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 21 11.2%
Power line down 17 9.1%
Passenger vehicle fire 11 5.9%
Grass fire 10 5.3%
All other categories 80 42.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crawford County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 18
Feb 10
Mar 23
Apr 15
May 20
Jun 12
Jul 22
Aug 13
Sep 16
Oct 18
Nov 15
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crawford County

1,046 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 156
2022 237
2023 219
2024 247
2025 187
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 48 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
37%
26
Cause undetermined
13%
9
Intentional / arson
7%
5
Equipment / heat source failure
28%
20
Under investigation
6%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
9%
7
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $834K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Crawford County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 81% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 Flat Rock Building fires Significant
2 $150,000 HUTSONVILLE Building fires Significant
3 $125,000 ROBINSON Building fires Significant
4 $75,000 ROBINSON Building fires Significant
5 $75,000 ROBINSON Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $58,900 Oblong Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
7 $50,000 HUTSONVILLE Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 ROBINSON Building fires Significant
9 $25,000 ROBINSON Building fires Significant
10 $25,000 ROBINSON Building fires Significant
06 How Crawford County compares

Crawford County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

16.47
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
16.47
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
4.23
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
4.23
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
88.1
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crawford County
88.1
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crawford County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17033.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crawford County

6 departments report from this county.

ROBINSON FD
—
FDID CK152 79 incidents 8 paid 2 vol
Oblong Twp VFPD
—
FDID CK143 36 incidents
LAMOTTE TWP FPD
Palestine
FDID CK133 32 incidents 2 paid
FLAT ROCK AREA FPD
—
FDID CK113 20 incidents
HUTSONVILLE TWP FPD
—
FDID CK123 16 incidents
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.