ZIP 17701 recorded 336 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,458 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lycoming County, PA.
2,458 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 472 | |
| 2022 | 602 | |
| 2023 | 545 | |
| 2024 | 503 | |
| 2025 | 336 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 475 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 352 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 260 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 164 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 124 | 5.0% |
For the 52 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 100 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 100 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 26 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 24 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 173 | 33.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 149 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 56 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 52 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 39 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 33 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 32 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 25 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 103 | 20.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 218% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $149,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $61,526 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williamsport | 1,486 | |
| 2 | South Williamsport | 121 | |
| 3 | Old Lycoming | 22 | |
| 4 | Duboistown | 13 | |
| 5 | Loyalsock | 11 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42113 |
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 — 2,458 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.