ZIP 16601 recorded 241 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,040 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Blair County, PA.
2,040 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 461 | |
| 2022 | 533 | |
| 2023 | 468 | |
| 2024 | 337 | |
| 2025 | 241 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 271 | 13.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 168 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 168 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 167 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 155 | 7.6% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 134 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 103 | 20.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 35 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 145 | 28.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 181 | 35.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 89 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 31 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 26 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 101 | 19.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 16601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1124% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $72,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altoona | 1,583 | |
| 2 | Antis | 1 | |
| 3 | Hollidaysburg | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria County | PA | 0.50 | FIPS 42021 |
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 — 2,040 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.