ZIP 08853 recorded 40 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 121 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hunterdon County, NJ.
121 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 46 | |
| 2025 | 40 |
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08853 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 26 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 12 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 11 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 11 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 11 | 9.1% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08853 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 63.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Incinerator area | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 9.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 81.8% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 9.1% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08853.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neshanic Station | 38 | |
| 2 | Branchburg | 27 | |
| 3 | Neshanic | 6 | |
| 4 | Hillsborough | 5 | |
| 5 | Rocky Hill | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset County | NJ | 1.00 | FIPS 34035 |
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 — 121 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.