ZIP 07860 recorded 138 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 885 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sussex County, NJ.
885 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 166 | |
| 2023 | 123 | |
| 2024 | 296 | |
| 2025 | 138 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 07860 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 130 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 116 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 99 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 89 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 81 | 9.2% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 07860 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 31 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 26 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 32.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 77 | 41.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 17.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 07860 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2224% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $210,454 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $8,500 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $200 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 07860.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton | 322 | |
| 2 | Fredon | 18 | |
| 3 | Frelinghuysen | 17 | |
| 4 | Stanhope | 5 | |
| 5 | Hampton | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren County | NJ | 1.00 | FIPS 34041 |
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 — 885 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.