ZIP 15963 recorded 45 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 715 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cambria County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
715 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 142 | |
| 2022 | 192 | |
| 2023 | 150 | |
| 2024 | 186 | |
| 2025 | 45 |
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15963 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 142 | 19.9% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 134 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 114 | 15.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 46 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 44 | 6.2% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15963 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 9 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 34.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 11 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 20.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15963 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 626% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $105,510 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15963.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windber | 566 | |
| 2 | Scalp Level | 7 | |
| 3 | Paint | 5 | |
| 4 | Dunlo | 1 | |
| 5 | Johnstown | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42111 |
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 — 715 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.