ZIP 17959 recorded 46 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 441 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
441 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 127 | |
| 2023 | 131 | |
| 2024 | 57 | |
| 2025 | 46 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17959 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 116 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 113 | 25.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 55 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 35 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 31 | 7.0% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17959 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 45 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 32 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 23 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 14.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 102 | 66.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 22 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 4.5% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17959.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Philadelphia | 307 |
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 — 441 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.