ZIP 08070 recorded 161 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 547 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Salem County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
547 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 98 | |
| 2023 | 92 | |
| 2024 | 161 | |
| 2025 | 161 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08070 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 156 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 103 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 73 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 37 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 25 | 4.6% |
For the 52 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08070 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 51 | 32.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 43 | 27.4% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08070 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 187% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08070.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsville | 429 | |
| 2 | Carneys Point | 1 | |
| 3 | Lower Alloways Creek | 1 | |
| 4 | Mannington | 1 | |
| 5 | Salem | 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 — 547 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.