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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 17945

ZIP 17945 is served primarily by Columbia County, PA — including Bloomsburg. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Columbia County aggregate.

ZIP 17945 FIPS 42037 county fallback 2 counties
Total incidents (2025)
461
4,740 across 5 years
Building fires
105
98 wildland
Wildfire risk
28
FEMA NRI · Low
Active fires
0
in Columbia County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Columbia County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 55
Feb 42
Mar 105
Apr 68
May 53
Jun 23
Jul 36
Aug 46
Sep 25
Oct 2
Nov 1
Dec 5
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Columbia County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Building fires 105 22.8%
2 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 51 11.1%
3 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 50 10.8%
4 Power line down 28 6.1%
5 Passenger vehicle fire 25 5.4%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 17945

21 cities sit in Columbia County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Bloomsburg 12,836 49 6 B+
2 Berwick 10,318 87 15 B-
3 Briar Creek 2,988 3 1 A
4 Mifflin 2,117 5 3 A-
5 Hemlock 2,103 1 0 A+
6 South Centre 2,098 0 0 —
7 North Centre 1,862 0 0 —
8 Espy 1,568 0 0 —
9 Locust 1,505 0 0 —
10 Main 1,496 0 0 —
11 Catawissa 1,387 9 5 C
12 Lightstreet 1,298 0 0 —
13 Fishing Creek 1,279 0 0 —
14 Almedia 1,225 0 0 —
15 Mifflinville 1,204 0 0 B+
16 Montour 1,181 0 0 —
17 Orange 1,099 0 0 —
18 Cleveland 1,050 0 0 —
19 Millville 1,000 4 0 B
20 Lime Ridge 853 0 0 —
21 Roaring Creek 601 0 0 —
10 Also served by

ZIP 17945 crosses 2 counties

Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.

CountyStateWeight 
Schuylkill County PA 0.50 FIPS 42107
11 Current conditions

Right now in 17945

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Columbia County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.