ZIP 18661 recorded 20 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 460 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Luzerne County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
460 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | |
| 2022 | 109 | |
| 2023 | 131 | |
| 2024 | 90 | |
| 2025 | 20 |
Apr peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18661 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 104 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 83 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 35 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 19 | 4.1% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18661 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 22 | 23.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 10 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 23.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 6 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Match | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 20.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18661.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Haven | 121 | |
| 2 | Dennison | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon County | PA | 0.50 | FIPS 42025 |
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 — 460 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.