ZIP 25320 recorded 22 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 170 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kanawha County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
170 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 39 | |
| 2024 | 45 | |
| 2025 | 22 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25320 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 51 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 36 | 21.2% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 19 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 17 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 15 | 8.8% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25320 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 68.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 14 | 11.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 108 | 85.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 8 | Match | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 2.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25320 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25320.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sissonville | 165 | |
| 2 | Charleston | 3 |
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 — 170 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.