ZIP 62864 recorded 519 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,430 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, IL.
2,430 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 334 | |
| 2022 | 490 | |
| 2023 | 525 | |
| 2024 | 562 | |
| 2025 | 519 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 62864 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 610 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 255 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 242 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 181 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 136 | 5.6% |
For the 144 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 62864 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 285 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 235 | 22.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 105 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 81 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 26 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 16 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 14 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 208 | 20.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 705 | 68.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 51 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 45 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 26 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 23 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 15 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 95 | 9.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 62864 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 143% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $567,556 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 62864.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Vernon | 82 | |
| 2 | Bluford | 6 | |
| 3 | Ina | 6 | |
| 4 | Dix | 5 | |
| 5 | Woodlawn | 2 |
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 — 2,430 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.