ZIP 62837 recorded 102 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 404 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, IL.
404 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 102 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 102 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 62837 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 103 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 45 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 37 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 29 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 6.7% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 62837 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 31 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 15 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 52 | 24.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 90 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Match | 18 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 15 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 19.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 62837 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 600% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $2,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $2,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 62837.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfield | 384 | |
| 2 | Wayne City | 2 | |
| 3 | Dahlgren | 1 | |
| 4 | Fairfield | 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 — 404 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.