ZIP 26601 recorded 39 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 351 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Braxton County, WV.
351 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91 | |
| 2022 | 70 | |
| 2023 | 74 | |
| 2024 | 77 | |
| 2025 | 39 |
Apr peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 55 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 48 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Aircraft standby | 48 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 33 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 31 | 8.8% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 51.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 7.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 77.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 1.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2235% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sutton | 330 | |
| 2 | Gassaway | 2 | |
| 3 | Burnsville | 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 — 351 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.