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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 159 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $850K property loss.

8,310 residents FIPS 17061 31 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
159
539 across 5 years
Building fires
30
27 wildland
Property loss
$1.7M
$1.5M structure · $200K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 1 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 51% of all calls.

159
Total Incidents
Building fires 30 18.9%
Fire, other 16 10.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 12 7.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 12 7.5%
Power line down 11 6.9%
All other categories 78 49.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Oct peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 12
Feb 7
Mar 21
Apr 13
May 10
Jun 11
Jul 16
Aug 9
Sep 14
Oct 26
Nov 12
Dec 8
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

539 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 64
2022 96
2023 103
2024 117
2025 159
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 30 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
60%
27
Cause undetermined
16%
7
Intentional / arson
9%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
2
Under investigation
2%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
9%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Greene County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 95% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $850,000 Roodhouse Building fires Major
2 $250,000 White Hall Fire, other Major
3 $70,000 White Hall Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 Eldred Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
5 $45,000 Roodhouse Outside equipment fire Significant
6 $30,000 White Hall Building fires Significant
7 $20,000 White Hall Building fires Significant
8 $20,000 White Hall Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
9 $20,000 White Hall Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $20,000 White Hall Special outside fire, other Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

19.13
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
19.13
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
3.61
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
3.61
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
0
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17061.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Greene County

4 departments report from this county.

ROODHOUSE FPD
—
FDID GB173 53 incidents 16 vol
WHITE HALL VFD
—
FDID GB183 49 incidents
Carrollton VFPD
—
FDID GB123 41 incidents
GREENFIELD FPD
—
FDID GB144 15 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.