ZIP 61920 recorded 226 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,019 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Coles County, IL.
1,019 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 197 | |
| 2022 | 201 | |
| 2023 | 211 | |
| 2024 | 184 | |
| 2025 | 226 |
Jun peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 61920 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 174 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 138 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 119 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 112 | 11.0% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 64 | 6.3% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 61920 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 12.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 41.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 23 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 18 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 32.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 61920 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 315% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 61920.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 984 | |
| 2 | Mattoon | 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 — 1,019 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.