ZIP 62901 recorded 365 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,987 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jackson County, IL.
1,987 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 375 | |
| 2022 | 422 | |
| 2023 | 434 | |
| 2024 | 391 | |
| 2025 | 365 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 62901 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 349 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 289 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 287 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 135 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 90 | 4.5% |
For the 56 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 62901 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 113 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 91 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 77 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 65 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 57 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 42 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 36 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 27 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 229 | 31.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 334 | 45.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 88 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 49 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 48 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 47 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 21 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 105 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 62901 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 236% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 62901.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbondale | 1,974 | |
| 2 | Marion | 3 | |
| 3 | Murphysboro | 2 | |
| 4 | Cambria | 1 | |
| 5 | Herrin | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson County | IL | 1.00 | FIPS 17199 |
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 — 1,987 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.