ZIP 17976 recorded 66 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 576 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
576 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | |
| 2022 | 122 | |
| 2023 | 189 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 66 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17976 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 191 | 33.2% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 144 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 34 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 33 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 29 | 5.0% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17976 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 24 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 16 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 9.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 35 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 100 | 65.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 28 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 2.6% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17976.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah | 441 | |
| 2 | Shenandoah Heights | 41 | |
| 3 | Frackville | 1 | |
| 4 | Ringtown | 1 | |
| 5 | West | 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 — 576 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.