ZIP 40509 recorded 232 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,425 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fayette County, KY.
1,425 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 265 | |
| 2022 | 362 | |
| 2023 | 306 | |
| 2024 | 260 | |
| 2025 | 232 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 40509 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 182 | 12.8% | |
| 2 | Special outside fire, other | 178 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 112 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 80 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 76 | 5.3% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 40509 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 94 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 86 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 50 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 49 | 10.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 24 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 81 | 17.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 242 | 50.7% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 76 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 45 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 7.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 40509 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 240% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $475,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $295,700 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $257,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 40509.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington | 1,415 | |
| 2 | Winchester | 4 | |
| 3 | Irvine | 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 — 1,425 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.