ZIP 08559 recorded 146 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 538 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hunterdon County, NJ.
538 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | |
| 2022 | 75 | |
| 2023 | 87 | |
| 2024 | 164 | |
| 2025 | 146 |
Sep peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08559 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 151 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 138 | 25.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 52 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 45 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 27 | 5.0% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08559 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 13 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 14.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 8 | 11.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 10 | 14.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 31.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 15.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08559.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingwood | 2 | |
| 2 | Frenchtown | 1 | |
| 3 | Lambertville | 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 — 538 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.