In 2025, fire departments serving Kane County responded to 4,253 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips.
19,773 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,500 | |
| 2022 | 3,533 | |
| 2023 | 4,320 | |
| 2024 | 4,167 | |
| 2025 | 4,253 |
For the 568 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Kane County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 39% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Carpentersville | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,300,000 | Elgin | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Elburn | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | AURORA | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | North Aurora | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $400,000 | East Dundee | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 7 | $325,000 | Geneva | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $275,000 | North Aurora | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $269,000 | West Dundee | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $250,000 | AURORA | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 17089.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 181,405 | View › |
| Elgin | 114,190 | View › |
| Carpentersville | 37,834 | View › |
| St. Charles | 32,776 | View › |
| Batavia | 26,355 | View › |
| South Elgin | 23,841 | View › |
| Geneva | 21,390 | View › |
| Montgomery | 20,644 | View › |
| North Aurora | 17,750 | View › |
| Campton Hills | 10,556 | View › |
| Pingree Grove | 10,213 | View › |
| Sugar Grove | 9,251 | View › |
21 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.