ZIP 26201 recorded 203 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,063 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Barbour County, WV.
1,063 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 255 | |
| 2022 | 233 | |
| 2023 | 180 | |
| 2024 | 192 | |
| 2025 | 203 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26201 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 246 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 185 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 76 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 68 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 62 | 5.8% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26201 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 62 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 63 | 32.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 131 | 66.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26201 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 907% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $142,850 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $86,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26201.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckhannon | 1,032 | |
| 2 | Parkersburg | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis County | WV | 1.00 | FIPS 54041 |
| Upshur County | WV | 1.00 | FIPS 54097 |
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 — 1,063 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.