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2025 County Report

Fires in Trousdale County, TN

In 2025, fire departments serving Trousdale County responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $70K property loss.

11,596 residents FIPS 47169 10 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
31
240 across 5 years
Building fires
5
9 wildland
Property loss
$83K
$74K structure · $10K 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 58% of all calls.

31
Total Incidents
Building fires 5 16.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 4 12.9%
Passenger vehicle fire 3 9.7%
Grass fire 3 9.7%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3 9.7%
All other categories 13 41.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Trousdale County?

Jan peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 6
Feb 4
Mar 5
Apr 5
May 3
Jun 4
Jul 2
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Trousdale County

240 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 38
2022 60
2023 64
2024 47
2025 31
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
8
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
31%
5
Under investigation
6%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
13%
1
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $74K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Trousdale County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $70,000 HARTSVILLE Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $1,500 HARTSVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $1,500 HARTSVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $500 HARTSVILLE Building fires Significant
5 $100 HARTSVILLE Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire Significant
06 How Trousdale County compares

Trousdale County vs TN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.67
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Trousdale County
2.67
TN avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
0.43
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Trousdale County
0.43
TN avg
1.37
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Trousdale County
0
TN avg
15
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Trousdale County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 47169.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Trousdale County

1 departments report from this county.

HartsvilleTrousdale County Vol Fire Department
Hartsville
FDID 85111 30 incidents 20 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.