ZIP 03842 recorded 214 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,087 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Rockingham County, NH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,087 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 218 | |
| 2022 | 234 | |
| 2023 | 200 | |
| 2024 | 221 | |
| 2025 | 214 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 03842 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 167 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 143 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 128 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 89 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 81 | 7.5% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 03842 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 16 | 11.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 12 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 40.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 41.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 9.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 03842 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 307% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $318,087 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $195,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $158,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $155,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 03842.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hampton | 1,065 | |
| 2 | North Hampton | 5 | |
| 3 | Rye | 3 | |
| 4 | Hampton Beach | 2 | |
| 5 | Kensington | 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 — 1,087 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.