ZIP 17512 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 958 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
958 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 196 | |
| 2022 | 235 | |
| 2023 | 174 | |
| 2024 | 174 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17512 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 436 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 110 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 51 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 36 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 30 | 3.1% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17512 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 13.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 35.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 51 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17512 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1177% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17512.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia | 822 | |
| 2 | Mount Joy | 2 | |
| 3 | Mountville | 2 | |
| 4 | West Hempfield | 2 | |
| 5 | Conoy | 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 — 958 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.