ZIP 25302 recorded 162 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,148 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,148 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 256 | |
| 2022 | 324 | |
| 2023 | 235 | |
| 2024 | 171 | |
| 2025 | 162 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25302 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 228 | 19.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 174 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 112 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 98 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 66 | 5.7% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25302 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 91 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 69 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 21 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 16 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 105 | 27.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 247 | 64.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 43 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25302 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 156% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25302.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 1,119 | |
| 2 | Elkview | 5 | |
| 3 | Nitro | 1 | |
| 4 | Pinch | 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 — 1,148 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.