ZIP 16509 recorded 55 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,000 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Erie County, PA.
1,000 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 212 | |
| 2022 | 239 | |
| 2023 | 266 | |
| 2024 | 228 | |
| 2025 | 55 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16509 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 355 | 35.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 118 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 73 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 60 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 57 | 5.7% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16509 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 29 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 66 | 31.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 40.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 10 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Match | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 17.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 16509 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $162,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16509.
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 — 1,000 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.