ZIP 16686 recorded 82 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 916 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Blair County, PA.
916 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 236 | |
| 2022 | 210 | |
| 2023 | 170 | |
| 2024 | 218 | |
| 2025 | 82 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16686 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 219 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 179 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 80 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 69 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 51 | 5.6% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16686 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 64 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 38 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 79 | 29.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 152 | 56.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Match | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 16686 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $310,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $72,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $64,700 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16686.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrone | 535 | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 5 | |
| 3 | Altoona | 3 | |
| 4 | Bald Eagle | 1 | |
| 5 | Snyder | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42027 |
| Huntingdon County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42061 |
| 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 — 916 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.