ZIP 17948 recorded 21 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 215 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
215 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | |
| 2022 | 48 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 21 |
Oct peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17948 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 99 | 46.0% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 20 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 11 | 5.1% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17948 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 9 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 29.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 8.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17948.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahanoy City | 183 |
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 — 215 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.