ZIP 61301 recorded 142 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 522 across 2021–2025. Primary county: LaSalle County, IL.
522 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 68 | |
| 2023 | 126 | |
| 2024 | 97 | |
| 2025 | 142 |
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 61301 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 128 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 58 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 44 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 41 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 27 | 5.2% |
For the 49 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 61301 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 32.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 71.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated heat from another fire | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 61301 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3095% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $175,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 61301.
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 — 522 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.