ZIP 17516 recorded 17 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 329 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
329 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 92 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 59 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 17 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17516 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Authorized controlled burning | 155 | 47.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 63 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 21 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 9 | 2.7% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17516 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 21 | 48.8% | |
| 2 | Other | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Closet | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 8 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 20.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Match | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 18.6% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17516.
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 — 329 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.