ZIP 60640 recorded 572 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,590 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,590 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 436 | |
| 2022 | 504 | |
| 2023 | 508 | |
| 2024 | 570 | |
| 2025 | 572 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60640 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 625 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 436 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 389 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 322 | 12.4% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 130 | 5.0% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60640 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 19 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 16 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 75 | 28.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 165 | 62.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 21 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 19 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 24 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60640 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1149% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60640.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | 2,590 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuPage County | IL | 0.50 | FIPS 17043 |
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 — 2,590 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.