ZIP 25311 recorded 88 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 720 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
720 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | |
| 2022 | 247 | |
| 2023 | 140 | |
| 2024 | 115 | |
| 2025 | 88 |
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25311 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 194 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 124 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 79 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 40 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 37 | 5.1% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25311 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 27.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 22.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 20 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 49 | 24.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 105 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 36 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25311 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 420% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $550,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $79,900 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25311.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 698 | |
| 2 | Elkview | 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 — 720 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.