ZIP 17044 recorded 69 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,775 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Mifflin County, PA.
1,775 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 461 | |
| 2022 | 534 | |
| 2023 | 421 | |
| 2024 | 290 | |
| 2025 | 69 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17044 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 608 | 34.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 195 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 149 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 128 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 123 | 6.9% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17044 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 59 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 42 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 14 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 85 | 30.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 114 | 41.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 63 | 22.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17044 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $9,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17044.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewistown | 1,065 | |
| 2 | Derry | 97 | |
| 3 | Granville | 73 | |
| 4 | Decatur | 23 | |
| 5 | Juniata Terrace | 23 |
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 — 1,775 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.