ZIP 26508 recorded 221 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,251 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Monongalia County, WV.
1,251 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 282 | |
| 2023 | 259 | |
| 2024 | 274 | |
| 2025 | 221 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26508 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 229 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 157 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 152 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 91 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 81 | 6.5% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26508 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 35.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 21.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 72.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26508 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 543% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26508.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgantown | 1,207 | |
| 2 | Cheat Lake | 4 | |
| 3 | Reedsville | 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 — 1,251 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.