In 2025, fire departments serving Hunterdon County responded to 1,609 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $650K property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips.
7,690 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,026 | |
| 2022 | 1,588 | |
| 2023 | 1,294 | |
| 2024 | 2,173 | |
| 2025 | 1,609 |
For the 234 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Hunterdon County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | ClintonTownship of | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Frenchtown | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $485,000 | FLEMINGTON BORO | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $80,000 | ClintonTownship of | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | CLINTON TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | CLINTON TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | KINGWOOD TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | ClintonTownship of | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $20,000 | ALEXANDRIA TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $20,000 | BRANCHBURG TWP | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34019.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Raritan | 23,649 | View › |
| Readington | 16,173 | View › |
| Clinton | 13,445 | View › |
| Lebanon | 6,209 | View › |
| Tewksbury | 5,881 | View › |
| Holland | 5,194 | View › |
| Flemington | 4,864 | View › |
| Alexandria | 4,827 | View › |
| Delaware | 4,557 | View › |
| Lambertville | 4,127 | View › |
| East Amwell | 3,933 | View › |
| Kingwood | 3,809 | View › |
25 departments report from this county.
Top 6 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NJGSR-FY19-RX-Pool 3b | 2019 | FWS | 83 |
| 2 | NJWKR-FY19-RX-Kenely Unit D | 2019 | FWS | 4 |
| 3 | Game Farm | 2024 | FWS | 1 |
| 4 | NJGSR-FY20-WF-Orange Trail WF | 2020 | FWS | 0 |
| 5 | NJWKR-FY20-WF-Papakating Creek WF | 2020 | FWS | 0 |
| 6 | Water Works | 2023 | FWS | 0 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.