ZIP 25314 recorded 95 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 524 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
524 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 103 | |
| 2022 | 132 | |
| 2023 | 115 | |
| 2024 | 79 | |
| 2025 | 95 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25314 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 144 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 58 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 44 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 28 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 27 | 5.2% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25314 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 28.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 7.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25314 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1405% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25314.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 487 | |
| 2 | South Charleston | 3 | |
| 3 | Nitro | 2 |
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 — 524 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.