ZIP 60085 recorded 390 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,113 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lake County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,113 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 475 | |
| 2022 | 340 | |
| 2023 | 445 | |
| 2024 | 463 | |
| 2025 | 390 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60085 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon monoxide incident | 299 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 270 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 229 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 179 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 143 | 6.8% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60085 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 87 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 74 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 48 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 38 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 35 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 24 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 219 | 37.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 291 | 49.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 63 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 32 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 22 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 111 | 18.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60085 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 863% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $2,150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $1,066,215 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $479,232 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $370,167 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60085.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waukegan | 1,906 | |
| 2 | Park City | 194 | |
| 3 | North Chicago | 6 | |
| 4 | Gurnee | 2 | |
| 5 | Beach Park | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 2,113 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.