In 2025, fire departments serving Madison County responded to 2,899 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5.5M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips.
12,655 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,060 | |
| 2022 | 2,322 | |
| 2023 | 2,760 | |
| 2024 | 2,614 | |
| 2025 | 2,899 |
For the 370 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Madison County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 76% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,500,000 | Glen Carbon | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $5,000,000 | Hartford | Aircraft fire | Catastrophic |
| 3 | $525,400 | Edwardsville | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Godfrey | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | TROY | Outside rubbish fire, other | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | TROY | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $400,000 | Maryville | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $400,000 | Troy | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $350,000 | TROY | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $320,000 | Edwardsville | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 17119.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Granite City | 27,026 | View › |
| Edwardsville | 26,622 | View › |
| Alton | 25,642 | View › |
| Collinsville | 24,294 | View › |
| Godfrey | 17,791 | View › |
| Glen Carbon | 13,654 | View › |
| Troy | 10,920 | View › |
| Wood River | 10,313 | View › |
| Highland | 10,215 | View › |
| Bethalto | 9,281 | View › |
| Maryville | 8,219 | View › |
| Pontoon Beach | 6,039 | View › |
36 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.