ZIP 26836 recorded 44 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 407 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hardy County, WV. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
407 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 87 | |
| 2024 | 101 | |
| 2025 | 44 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 26836 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 121 | 29.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 61 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 53 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Aircraft standby | 40 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 30 | 7.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 26836 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 73 | 40.8% | |
| 2 | Other | 56 | 31.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 11 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 18 | 10.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 117 | 65.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 35 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 1.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 26836 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $199,000 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 26836.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moorefield | 350 | |
| 2 | Petersburg | 11 | |
| 3 | Romney | 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 — 407 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.