ZIP 16249 recorded 11 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 80 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Armstrong County, PA.
80 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 27 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 11 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16249 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 23 | 28.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 18 | 22.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 9 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 7 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 5 | 6.2% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16249 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 9 | 45.0% | |
| 2 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 5.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 15.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16249.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rural Valley | 42 | |
| 2 | Cowanshannock | 4 | |
| 3 | Perry | 1 | |
| 4 | Pine | 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 — 80 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.