ZIP 19464 recorded 151 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,318 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
2,318 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 518 | |
| 2022 | 585 | |
| 2023 | 588 | |
| 2024 | 476 | |
| 2025 | 151 |
Dec peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19464 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 594 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 304 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 167 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 120 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 110 | 4.7% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19464 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 134 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 93 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 44 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 38 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 30 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 19 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 200 | 33.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 228 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 73 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 36 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 34 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 31 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 26 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 19 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 125 | 20.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19464 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1542% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19464.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pottstown | 1,337 | |
| 2 | Stowe | 71 | |
| 3 | New Hanover | 26 | |
| 4 | Lower Pottsgrove | 14 | |
| 5 | Sanatoga | 6 |
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 — 2,318 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.