ZIP 26501 recorded 171 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 678 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Monongalia County, WV.
678 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | |
| 2022 | 140 | |
| 2023 | 134 | |
| 2024 | 140 | |
| 2025 | 171 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 220 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 75 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 45 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 35 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 32 | 4.7% |
For the 62 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 12 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 34 | 24.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 50.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1131% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgantown | 609 | |
| 2 | Westover | 18 | |
| 3 | Cheat Lake | 3 | |
| 4 | Star City | 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 — 678 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.