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2025 County Report

Fires in Wyoming County, WV

In 2025, fire departments serving Wyoming County responded to 113 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

6,090 residents FIPS 54109 72 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
113
941 across 5 years
Building fires
35
15 wildland
Property loss
$1.1M
$772K structure · $283K contents
Casualties
1 / 1
1 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.

113
Total Incidents
Building fires 35 31.0%
Accident, potential accident, other 14 12.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 10 8.8%
Fire, other 8 7.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 7 6.2%
All other categories 39 34.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Wyoming County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 16
Feb 18
Mar 29
Apr 13
May 6
Jun 9
Jul 14
Aug 7
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Wyoming County

941 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 186
2022 230
2023 212
2024 200
2025 113
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 35 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
19%
7
Cause undetermined
16%
6
Intentional / arson
3%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
2
Under investigation
54%
20
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $590K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Wyoming County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 76% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Hanover Building fires Major
2 $75,000 Simon Building fires Significant
3 $50,000 Clearfork Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 MCGRAWS Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
5 $40,000 Herndon Building fires Significant
6 $25,000 Ikes Fork Building fires Significant
7 $25,000 Brenton Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
8 $25,000 Brenton Fire, other Significant
9 $25,000 Brenton Fire, other Significant
10 $25,000 Brenton Building fires Significant
06 How Wyoming County compares

Wyoming County vs WV vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

18.56
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
18.56
WV avg
22.82
US avg
7.15
5.75
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
5.75
WV avg
4.85
US avg
0.82
164.2
Civilian fire deaths per million
Wyoming County
164.2
WV avg
41.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Wyoming County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 54109.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Wyoming County

8 departments report from this county.

OCEANA VFD
Oceana
FDID 55104 37 incidents 32 vol
MULLENS VFD
Mullens
FDID 55103 22 incidents 30 vol
HANOVER VFD
Hanover
FDID 55109 16 incidents 15 vol
BRENTON VFD
Brenton
FDID 55108 14 incidents 20 vol
COAL MOUNTAIN VFD
Coal Mountain
FDID 55101 8 incidents 11 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WV

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 GAULEY MTN 1991 NPS 12,324
2 Steep Valley 2023 NPS 2,182
3 Dry Hollow Fire 2019 USFS 1,288
4 ABRAHAM 2001 NPS 547
5 Castle 2018 USFS 427
6 Unnamed fire 1981 NPS 412
7 Highland 2024 NPS 231
8 North 2017 USFS 192
9 947 2023 USFS 165
10 873122 1987 NPS 162

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.