ZIP 17872 recorded 105 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 758 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Northumberland County, PA.
758 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | |
| 2022 | 195 | |
| 2023 | 171 | |
| 2024 | 157 | |
| 2025 | 105 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17872 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 285 | 37.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 45 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 41 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 32 | 4.2% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17872 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 41 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 26 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 18 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 58 | 29.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 33 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 17.2% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17872.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shamokin | 567 | |
| 2 | East Cameron | 2 | |
| 3 | Ralpho | 2 | |
| 4 | Ringtown | 1 | |
| 5 | Trevorton | 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 — 758 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.