ZIP 25071 recorded 85 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 635 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
635 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 117 | |
| 2022 | 136 | |
| 2023 | 154 | |
| 2024 | 143 | |
| 2025 | 85 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25071 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 154 | 24.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 107 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 71 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 41 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 33 | 5.2% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25071 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 107 | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 48 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Multiple areas | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 15.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 71.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 20 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 6.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25071 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 345% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $135,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $95,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25071.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elkview | 606 | |
| 2 | Pinch | 5 | |
| 3 | Clendenin | 2 | |
| 4 | Huntington | 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 — 635 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.