ZIP 49014 recorded 162 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,625 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Calhoun County, MI.
1,625 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 277 | |
| 2022 | 293 | |
| 2023 | 326 | |
| 2024 | 567 | |
| 2025 | 162 |
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 49014 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 431 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 280 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 147 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 98 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 90 | 5.5% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 49014 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 60 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 56 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 12 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 131 | 30.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 205 | 48.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 31 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 20 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 79 | 18.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 49014 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 4320% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $185,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 49014.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battle Creek | 1,436 | |
| 2 | Bellevue | 2 | |
| 3 | Marshall | 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 — 1,625 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.