ZIP 26101 recorded 534 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,692 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wood County, WV.
3,692 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 763 | |
| 2022 | 751 | |
| 2023 | 874 | |
| 2024 | 770 | |
| 2025 | 534 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26101 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 1,154 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 476 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 369 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 309 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 248 | 6.7% |
For the 54 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26101 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 59 | 12.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 53 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 31 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 29 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 23 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 204 | 44.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 257 | 56.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 35 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 13 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 80 | 17.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26101 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 208% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $135,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26101.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkersburg | 3,656 | |
| 2 | Sutton | 3 | |
| 3 | Vienna | 2 | |
| 4 | Washington | 1 | |
| 5 | Williamstown | 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 — 3,692 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.