In 2025, fire departments serving Rock Island County responded to 1,327 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $655K property loss.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
6,037 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,069 | |
| 2022 | 1,079 | |
| 2023 | 1,255 | |
| 2024 | 1,307 | |
| 2025 | 1,327 |
For the 170 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Rock Island County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 60% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $654,985 | Moline | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $512,900 | Moline | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $512,900 | Moline | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Taylor Ridge | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Taylor Ridge | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $400,000 | Reynolds | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $285,000 | REYNOLDS | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $200,000 | City of Rock Island | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $200,000 | Cordova | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $187,500 | East Moline | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 17161.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Moline | 42,452 | View › |
| Rock Island | 37,264 | View › |
| East Moline | 20,937 | View › |
| Silvis | 7,936 | View › |
| Milan | 5,066 | View › |
| Coal Valley | 3,959 | View › |
| Hampton | 2,063 | View › |
| Carbon Cliff | 2,012 | View › |
| Port Byron | 1,904 | View › |
| Andalusia | 1,065 | View › |
| Rapids City | 984 | View › |
| Coyne Center | 948 | View › |
17 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.