ZIP 17961 recorded 27 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 416 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
416 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | |
| 2022 | 133 | |
| 2023 | 120 | |
| 2024 | 75 | |
| 2025 | 27 |
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17961 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 159 | 38.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 28 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 26 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Aircraft standby | 24 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 17 | 4.1% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17961 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 5 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 16 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 33 | 47.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17961 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17961.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orwigsburg | 282 | |
| 2 | Deer Lake | 14 | |
| 3 | West Brunswick | 2 | |
| 4 | East Brunswick | 1 | |
| 5 | Pottsville | 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 — 416 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.