ZIP 08876 recorded 174 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 883 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hunterdon County, NJ.
883 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | |
| 2022 | 123 | |
| 2023 | 103 | |
| 2024 | 299 | |
| 2025 | 174 |
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08876 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 311 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 93 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 65 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 63 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 61 | 6.9% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08876 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 48 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 35 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 16.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 99 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08876 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 10447% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,070,987 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $507,665 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $365,700 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08876.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerville | 444 | |
| 2 | Branchburg | 259 | |
| 3 | Bradley Gardens | 1 | |
| 4 | Bridgewater | 1 | |
| 5 | Readington | 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 — 883 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.