ZIP 61856 recorded 86 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 391 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Piatt County, IL.
391 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | |
| 2022 | 72 | |
| 2023 | 89 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 86 |
Nov peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 61856 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 70 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 57 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 54 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 25 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 21 | 5.4% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 61856 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 26 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 16 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 54.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 61856 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 356% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 61856.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monticello | 376 | |
| 2 | Oakwood | 1 |
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 — 391 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.