ZIP 60202 recorded 148 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 920 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
920 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 201 | |
| 2022 | 181 | |
| 2023 | 190 | |
| 2024 | 200 | |
| 2025 | 148 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60202 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 304 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 121 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 105 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 99 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 46 | 5.0% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60202 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 18 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 33.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 35.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Incendiary device | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 21.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60202 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2123% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60202.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evanston | 920 |
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 — 920 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.