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2025 County Report

Fires in Overton County, TN

In 2025, fire departments serving Overton County responded to 246 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.

4,223 residents FIPS 47133 41 cities · 13 fire depts
Total incidents
246
1,003 across 5 years
Building fires
44
43 wildland
Property loss
$2.1M
$1.5M structure · $568K contents
Casualties
3 / 0
3 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.

246
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 70 28.5%
Building fires 44 17.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 24 9.8%
Grass fire 12 4.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 12 4.9%
All other categories 84 34.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Overton County?

Mar peaks. May dips.

Jan 14
Feb 14
Mar 53
Apr 28
May 10
Jun 20
Jul 15
Aug 23
Sep 18
Oct 14
Nov 19
Dec 18
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Overton County

1,003 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 144
2022 157
2023 272
2024 184
2025 246
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 44 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
63%
32
Cause undetermined
20%
10
Intentional / arson
6%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
2
Under investigation
6%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Overton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 79% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 CRAWFORD Building fires Major
2 $200,000 Livingston Building fires Significant
3 $170,000 Livingston Building fires Significant
4 $150,000 Livingston Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Livingston Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Rickman Fire, other Significant
7 $80,000 Livingston Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
8 $58,500 Livingston Building fires Significant
9 $54,000 Allons Building fires Significant
10 $54,000 Allons Building fires Significant
06 How Overton County compares

Overton County vs TN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

58.25
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Overton County
58.25
TN avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
10.42
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Overton County
10.42
TN avg
1.37
US avg
0.82
710.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Overton County
710.4
TN avg
15
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Overton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 47133.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Overton County

13 departments report from this county.

Livingston VFD
Livingston
FDID 67111 94 incidents 5 paid
Fairgrounds Volunteer Fire Department
Livingston
FDID 67801 42 incidents 16 vol
Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service
Crawford
FDID 67851 28 incidents 16 vol
Hardys Chapel VFD
Cookeville
FDID 67841 27 incidents 20 vol
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Monroe
FDID 67121 24 incidents 10 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.