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2025 County Report

Fires in Logan County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Logan County responded to 453 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.

19,692 residents FIPS 17107 22 cities · 11 fire depts
Total incidents
453
2,116 across 5 years
Building fires
90
75 wildland
Property loss
$877K
$779K structure · $98K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 0 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 52% of all calls.

453
Total Incidents
Building fires 90 19.9%
Power line down 52 11.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 34 7.5%
Unauthorized burning 31 6.8%
Grass fire 29 6.4%
All other categories 217 47.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Logan County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 22
Feb 36
Mar 77
Apr 65
May 33
Jun 43
Jul 44
Aug 32
Sep 26
Oct 39
Nov 25
Dec 11
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Logan County

2,116 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 390
2022 465
2023 389
2024 419
2025 453
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 90 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
46%
65
Cause undetermined
12%
17
Intentional / arson
9%
13
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
10
Under investigation
24%
33
Act of nature (lightning)
2%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $776K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Logan County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 Mt Pulaski Fires in structures other than in a building Major
2 $150,000 Elkhart Building fires Significant
3 $75,000 Mt Pulaski Building fires Significant
4 $20,000 Elkhart Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $10,000 Elkhart Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
6 $5,000 Mt Pulaski Building fires Significant
7 $5,000 Mt Pulaski Rail vehicle fire Significant
8 $5,000 Mt Pulaski Cultivated grain or crop fire Significant
9 $5,000 Mt Pulaski Building fires Significant
10 $1,000 Chestnut Trash or rubbish fire, contained Significant
06 How Logan County compares

Logan County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Logan County
23
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
4.57
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Logan County
4.57
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Logan County
0
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Logan County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17107.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Logan County

11 departments report from this county.

LINCOLN FD
—
FDID LF191 161 incidents 22 paid
LINCOLN RURAL FPD
—
FDID LF201 122 incidents 6 paid 22 vol
MT PULASKI RURAL FPD
Mt Pulaski
FDID LF254 51 incidents 45 vol
ELKHART RURAL FPD
Elkhart
FDID LF154 27 incidents 9 vol
LATHAM FPD
Latham
FDID LF184 25 incidents 30 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.