ZIP 18042 recorded 356 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,732 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Northampton County, PA.
2,732 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 483 | |
| 2022 | 652 | |
| 2023 | 651 | |
| 2024 | 590 | |
| 2025 | 356 |
May peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18042 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 497 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 363 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 321 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 311 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 179 | 6.6% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18042 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 315 | 42.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 85 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 40 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 30 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 15 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 180 | 24.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 321 | 43.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 236 | 31.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 33 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 14 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 77 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18042 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 586% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Outside storage fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Outside storage fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $14,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18042.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easton | 2,113 | |
| 2 | Wilson | 209 | |
| 3 | West Easton | 100 | |
| 4 | Northampton | 7 | |
| 5 | Williams | 7 |
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 — 2,732 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.