In 2025, fire departments serving Wiley Ford responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
130 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $2K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | -65.4% | |
| 2023 | 20 | +11.1% | |
| 2024 | 23 | +15.0% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -26.1% |
For the 4 building fires Wiley Ford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 100.0% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Wiley Ford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wiley Ford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 7,120 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 888 | 16.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 755 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 755 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 610 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 480 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 467 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 345 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 315 | 41.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 230 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 145 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 140 | 43.1 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six West Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Wiley Ford. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Wiley Ford.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.