ZIP 18071 recorded 35 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 456 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Carbon County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
456 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114 | |
| 2022 | 89 | |
| 2023 | 137 | |
| 2024 | 81 | |
| 2025 | 35 |
May peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18071 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 182 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 50 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 32 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 28 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 27 | 5.9% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18071 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 34.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 48.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18071 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18071.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmerton | 411 | |
| 2 | Red Hill | 2 | |
| 3 | Lehighton | 1 | |
| 4 | Lower Towamensing | 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 — 456 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.