ZIP 62821 recorded 40 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 260 across 2021–2025. Primary county: White County, IL.
260 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | |
| 2022 | 67 | |
| 2023 | 54 | |
| 2024 | 39 | |
| 2025 | 40 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 62821 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 76 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 22 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Special outside fire, other | 14 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 13 | 5.0% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 62821 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 15 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Other | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 20.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 65 | 57.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 62821 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1220% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $93,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 62821.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmi | 251 |
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 — 260 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.