ZIP 60178 recorded 198 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 832 across 2021–2025. Primary county: DeKalb County, IL.
832 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 173 | |
| 2022 | 135 | |
| 2023 | 163 | |
| 2024 | 163 | |
| 2025 | 198 |
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60178 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 153 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 120 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 68 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 62 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 55 | 6.6% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60178 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 42 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 58 | 26.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 110 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 15.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60178 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 144% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60178.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sycamore | 809 | |
| 2 | Cortland | 2 | |
| 3 | DeKalb | 2 | |
| 4 | Maple Park | 2 | |
| 5 | Schaumburg | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County | IL | 1.00 | FIPS 17089 |
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 — 832 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.