ZIP 25414 recorded 246 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,032 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, WV.
1,032 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 170 | |
| 2023 | 251 | |
| 2024 | 200 | |
| 2025 | 246 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25414 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 244 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 104 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 85 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 75 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 53 | 5.1% |
For the 49 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25414 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 29 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 75 | 29.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 139 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25414 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 660% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $260,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25414.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Town | 998 | |
| 2 | Ranson | 5 |
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 — 1,032 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.