ZIP 60090 recorded 254 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,228 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,228 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 234 | |
| 2022 | 229 | |
| 2023 | 263 | |
| 2024 | 248 | |
| 2025 | 254 |
Dec peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60090 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 329 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 229 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 80 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 71 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 70 | 5.7% |
For the 62 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60090 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 32.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 53.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60090 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 231% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $170,005 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $162,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60090.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheeling | 1,198 | |
| 2 | Prospect Heights | 26 | |
| 3 | Buffalo Grove | 2 | |
| 4 | Deerfield | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | IL | 0.50 | FIPS 17097 |
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 — 1,228 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.