ZIP 26003 recorded 428 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,335 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ohio County, WV.
2,335 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 385 | |
| 2022 | 559 | |
| 2023 | 479 | |
| 2024 | 484 | |
| 2025 | 428 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26003 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 488 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 235 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 176 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 132 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 119 | 5.1% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26003 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 83 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 53 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 38 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Other | 15 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 143 | 33.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 210 | 49.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 33 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 47 | 11.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26003 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 353% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $193,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26003.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheeling | 2,210 | |
| 2 | Bethlehem | 25 | |
| 3 | Clearview | 8 | |
| 4 | Valley Grove | 3 | |
| 5 | Benwood | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall County | WV | 0.50 | FIPS 54051 |
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 — 2,335 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.