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2025 County Report

Fires in Lewis County, TN

In 2025, fire departments serving Lewis County responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $110K property loss.

3,734 residents FIPS 47101 14 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
34
184 across 5 years
Building fires
9
7 wildland
Property loss
$258K
$186K structure · $72K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.

34
Total Incidents
Building fires 9 26.5%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 5 14.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 14.7%
Fire, other 2 5.9%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 5.9%
All other categories 11 32.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lewis County?

Feb peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 2
Feb 6
Mar 4
Apr 4
May 2
Jun 2
Jul 1
Aug 4
Sep 2
Oct 1
Nov 4
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lewis County

184 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 43
2022 35
2023 24
2024 48
2025 34
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 9 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
58%
14
Cause undetermined
4%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
29%
7
Under investigation
8%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $186K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Lewis County during 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $110,000 Hohenwald Building fires Significant
2 $60,000 Hohenwald Building fires Significant
3 $15,000 Hohenwald Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $1,000 Hohenwald Building fires Significant
06 How Lewis County compares

Lewis County vs TN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.11
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lewis County
9.11
TN avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
2.41
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lewis County
2.41
TN avg
1.37
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lewis County
0
TN avg
15
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lewis County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 47101.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lewis County

2 departments report from this county.

Lewis County Fire Department
Hohenwald
FDID 51114 27 incidents 25 vol
Hohenwald Volunteer Fire Department
Hohenwald
FDID 51113 5 incidents 25 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in TN

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Chimney Tops 2 2016 NPS 15,642
2 SHARP 2001 NPS 6,705
3 Halls Top 2016 USFS 2,462
4 GREEN MTN 2001 NPS 2,287
5 DARROW RDG 2000 NPS 2,265
6 Stony Ridge 2009 NPS 2,191
7 LAUREL RDG 1987 NPS 1,969
8 Railroad Grade 2016 USFS 1,746
9 SHOP 1988 NPS 1,303
10 State Line 2016 USFS 1,238

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.