ZIP 18421 recorded 23 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 344 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lackawanna County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
344 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 83 | |
| 2023 | 69 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 23 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18421 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 128 | 37.2% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 125 | 36.3% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 19 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 7 | 2.0% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18421 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 12 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 5 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 16 | 29.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Match | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 9.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18421.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest City | 114 | |
| 2 | Vandling | 42 | |
| 3 | Clifford | 7 | |
| 4 | Carbondale | 1 | |
| 5 | Clinton | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42115 |
| Wayne County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42127 |
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 — 344 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.