ZIP 08087 recorded 107 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 756 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Burlington County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
756 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 167 | |
| 2022 | 158 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 200 | |
| 2025 | 107 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08087 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 163 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 93 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 58 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 54 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 53 | 7.0% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08087 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 38 | 25.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 12.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08087 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 187% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $37,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $1,000 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08087.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Egg Harbor | 232 | |
| 2 | Tuckerton | 108 | |
| 3 | Bass River | 3 | |
| 4 | Egg Harbor City | 3 | |
| 5 | Mystic Island | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean County | NJ | 1.00 | FIPS 34029 |
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 — 756 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.