ZIP 49461 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 907 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Muskegon County, MI.
907 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 143 | |
| 2022 | 102 | |
| 2023 | 217 | |
| 2024 | 266 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 49461 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 414 | 45.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 93 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 67 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 42 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 34 | 3.7% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 49461 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 15 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 15.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 9.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 49461 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 484% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $140,590 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $79,776 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 49461.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehall | 537 | |
| 2 | Lakewood Club | 2 | |
| 3 | Muskegon | 1 | |
| 4 | Twin Lake | 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 — 907 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.