ZIP 17820 recorded 30 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 606 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Columbia County, PA.
606 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 191 | |
| 2023 | 143 | |
| 2024 | 80 | |
| 2025 | 30 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17820 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Authorized controlled burning | 242 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 130 | 21.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 36 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 33 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 31 | 5.1% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17820 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 29 | 24.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 7 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 13.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17820 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $260,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17820.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catawissa | 105 | |
| 2 | Danville | 2 | |
| 3 | Sunbury | 1 | |
| 4 | Upper Augusta | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montour County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42093 |
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 — 606 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.