ZIP 61250 recorded 39 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 189 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Whiteside County, IL.
189 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 39 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 61250 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 38 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 26 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 16 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 14 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 13 | 6.9% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 61250 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 32 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 24.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 15 | 14.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 71 | 68.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 5.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 61250 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 61250.
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 — 189 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.