ZIP 17972 recorded 93 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 886 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
886 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 192 | |
| 2023 | 254 | |
| 2024 | 185 | |
| 2025 | 93 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17972 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 141 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 80 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 66 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 48 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 46 | 5.2% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17972 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 71 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 62 | 18.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 43 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 71 | 21.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 42.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 36 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 44 | 13.4% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17972.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schuylkill Haven | 405 | |
| 2 | North Manheim | 18 | |
| 3 | Cressona | 4 | |
| 4 | Pottsville | 3 | |
| 5 | Orwigsburg | 2 |
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 — 886 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.