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2025 County Report

Fires in Schuyler County, IL

In 2025, fire departments serving Schuyler County responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $6K property loss.

2,893 residents FIPS 17169 16 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
59
322 across 5 years
Building fires
5
18 wildland
Property loss
$9K
$9K structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

59
Total Incidents
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 8 13.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 6 10.2%
Building fires 5 8.5%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 8.5%
Grass fire 5 8.5%
All other categories 30 50.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Schuyler County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 1
Feb 4
Mar 9
Apr 3
May 8
Jun 4
Jul 3
Aug 5
Sep 4
Oct 7
Nov 9
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Schuyler County

322 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 80
2022 60
2023 63
2024 60
2025 59
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
17%
4
Cause undetermined
57%
13
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
1
Under investigation
17%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $9K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Schuyler County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $6,000 littleton Building fires Significant
2 $3,000 littleton Building fires Significant
06 How Schuyler County compares

Schuyler County vs IL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

20.39
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Schuyler County
20.39
IL avg
10.42
US avg
7.15
1.73
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Schuyler County
1.73
IL avg
1.56
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Schuyler County
0
IL avg
9.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Schuyler County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 17169.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Schuyler County

2 departments report from this county.

RUSHVILLE FD
—
FDID SC143 49 incidents
BROWNING FPD
—
FDID SC113 4 incidents 15 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.