In 2025, fire departments serving Spring Creek responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Accident, potential accident, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 87% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
43 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $41K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | +36.4% |
* Well below Spring Creek's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 1 building fires Spring Creek departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 6 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 7.7% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Spring Creek mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Spring Creek sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,530 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 780 | 7.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 50.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 92 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 85 | 13.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 72 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 64 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 59 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 | 43.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 54 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 54 | 21.1 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Spring Creek. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Spring Creek.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.