ZIP 25304 recorded 55 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 436 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
436 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 126 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 83 | |
| 2024 | 71 | |
| 2025 | 55 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25304 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 63 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 60 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 34 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 33 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 30 | 6.9% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25304 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 20 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 10 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 35.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 29.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 18 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25304 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 354% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $70,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $58,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $24,800 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25304.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 433 | |
| 2 | South Charleston | 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 — 436 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.