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Fires in ZIP 60161

ZIP 60161 is served primarily by Cook County, IL — including Chicago. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Cook County aggregate. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

ZIP 60161 FIPS 17031 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
44,847
220,528 across 5 years
Building fires
5,125
995 wildland
Wildfire risk
56
FEMA NRI · Moderate
Active fires
0
in Cook County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Cook County?

Jul peaks. Feb dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 3,589
Feb 2,925
Mar 3,541
Apr 3,331
May 4,080
Jun 3,866
Jul 4,885
Aug 4,264
Sep 3,521
Oct 3,642
Nov 3,747
Dec 3,456
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Cook County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 10,428 23.3%
2 Carbon monoxide incident 5,948 13.3%
3 Building fires 5,125 11.4%
4 Cooking fire, confined to container 3,325 7.4%
5 Trash or rubbish fire, contained 3,048 6.8%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 60161

50 cities sit in Cook County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Chicago 2,721,914 24,450 1,392 B
2 Cicero 84,189 286 50 A-
3 Schaumburg 77,571 408 40 A
4 Evanston 77,181 390 47 A
5 Arlington Heights 76,794 431 76 B+
6 Palatine 67,223 406 56 B+
7 Skokie 67,076 333 40 B+
8 Des Plaines 60,087 463 66 B
9 Orland Park 58,345 455 54 A-
10 Oak Lawn 57,665 411 35 A-
11 Berwyn 56,556 337 38 B+
12 Mount Prospect 56,191 307 24 A
13 Tinley Park 55,571 474 33 A-
14 Oak Park 53,834 351 44 B+
15 Hoffman Estates 51,744 288 49 A
16 Glenview 47,896 28 18 A-
17 Streamwood 39,556 202 62 A
18 Park Ridge 39,368 241 23 A
19 Wheeling 38,823 250 61 A
20 Calumet City 35,708 1,076 55 C-
21 Northbrook 34,950 268 32 A-
22 Elk Grove Village 32,498 120 14 A
23 Niles 30,637 277 36 A-
24 Burbank 29,122 237 58 A-
25 Lansing 28,713 274 31 B+
26 Wilmette 27,801 197 18 A-
27 Chicago Heights 27,366 297 23 B
28 Oak Forest 27,199 237 38 B
29 Melrose Park 25,177 300 25 B
30 Morton Grove 24,910 145 17 A
31 Elmwood Park 24,281 111 19 A
32 Rolling Meadows 24,054 135 13 A
33 Maywood 23,385 252 48 B+
34 Blue Island 22,934 337 110 B
35 South Holland 21,287 195 77 B
36 Dolton 21,283 161 123 B-
37 Park Forest 21,042 256 98 B-
38 Harvey 20,035 594 301 C-
39 Homewood 19,868 243 36 B
40 Evergreen Park 19,730 248 36 A-
41 Brookfield 19,349 101 38 A-
42 Matteson 18,898 242 36 B+
43 Alsip 18,866 302 39 B-
44 Bellwood 18,611 177 40 B+
45 Franklin Park 18,374 154 20 B+
46 Palos Hills 18,278 119 24 B+
47 Lemont 17,558 178 26 B-
48 Bridgeview 16,939 167 39 B+
49 Westchester 16,694 189 36 B+
50 Country Club Hills 16,578 198 46 B
11 Current conditions

Right now in 60161

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

Air quality (AQI) EPA AirNow60161 → Red Flag & fire-weather NWS forecast & alerts60161 → Active fires NIFC snapshotmap → Full Cook County report county profilego →

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Cook County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.