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2025 County Report

Fires in Fulton County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Fulton County responded to 454 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $600K property loss.

24,226 residents FIPS 17057 41 cities · 15 fire depts
Total incidents
454
1,937 across 5 years
Building fires
85
111 wildland
Property loss
$2.4M
$1.9M structure · $538K contents
Casualties
2 / 4
2 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 2 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.

454
Total Incidents
Building fires 85 18.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 57 12.6%
Grass fire 53 11.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 37 8.1%
Unauthorized burning 30 6.6%
All other categories 192 42.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fulton County?

Mar peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 33
Feb 32
Mar 95
Apr 36
May 25
Jun 26
Jul 18
Aug 31
Sep 35
Oct 65
Nov 35
Dec 23
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fulton County

1,937 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 367
2022 358
2023 385
2024 373
2025 454
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 85 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
52%
53
Cause undetermined
22%
22
Intentional / arson
17%
17
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
7
Under investigation
2%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.5M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Fulton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 78% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $600,000 Lewistown Building fires Major
2 $200,000 Astoria Building fires Significant
3 $150,000 Lewistown Building fires Significant
4 $110,000 Dunfermline Building fires Significant
5 $90,000 Liverpool Building fires Significant
6 $80,000 Farmington Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle Significant
7 $80,000 Farmington Building fires Significant
8 $75,000 Farmington Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
9 $50,000 Cuba Building fires Significant
10 $50,000 Fairview Building fires Significant
06 How Fulton County compares

Fulton County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

18.74
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
18.74
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
3.51
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
3.51
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
82.6
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fulton County
82.6
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fulton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17057.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fulton County

15 departments report from this county.

CANTON FD
—
FDID FD172 158 incidents 16 paid 5 vol
CUBA FPD
—
FDID FD183 50 incidents
Farmington Comm FPD
FARMINGTON
FDID FD214 43 incidents 19 vol
COPPERAS CREEK FPD
—
FDID FD164 42 incidents 25 vol
ASTORIA FPD
Astoria
FDID FD114 39 incidents 25 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.