ZIP 08889 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 680 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hunterdon County, NJ.
680 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | |
| 2022 | 126 | |
| 2023 | 75 | |
| 2024 | 205 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08889 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 188 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 91 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 83 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 69 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 24 | 3.5% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08889 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 23 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 17 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 23.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 47.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 22 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Match | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08889 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 138462% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $691,812 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08889.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White House Station | 74 | |
| 2 | Readington | 13 |
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 — 680 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.