ZIP 60120 recorded 296 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,418 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kane County, IL.
1,418 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 206 | |
| 2022 | 317 | |
| 2023 | 304 | |
| 2024 | 295 | |
| 2025 | 296 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 240 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 216 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 187 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 122 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 106 | 7.5% |
For the 45 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 65 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 39 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 19 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 113 | 31.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 112 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 36 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 33 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 25 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 24 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 72 | 20.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 164% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elgin | 1,364 | |
| 2 | Hoffman Estates | 22 | |
| 3 | Bartlett | 5 | |
| 4 | Streamwood | 5 | |
| 5 | South Barrington | 4 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | IL | 0.50 | FIPS 17031 |
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 — 1,418 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.