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2025 County Report

Fires in Weakley County, TN

In 2025, fire departments serving Weakley County responded to 235 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $298K property loss.

18,719 residents FIPS 47183 25 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
235
1,439 across 5 years
Building fires
45
33 wildland
Property loss
$2.2M
$1.7M structure · $499K 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 57% of all calls.

235
Total Incidents
Building fires 45 19.1%
Aircraft standby 31 13.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 26 11.1%
Authorized controlled burning 20 8.5%
Grass fire 13 5.5%
All other categories 100 42.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Weakley County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 13
Feb 17
Mar 49
Apr 19
May 20
Jun 12
Jul 12
Aug 22
Sep 19
Oct 12
Nov 20
Dec 20
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Weakley County

1,439 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 266
2022 329
2023 310
2024 299
2025 235
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 45 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
51%
36
Cause undetermined
14%
10
Intentional / arson
9%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
6
Under investigation
11%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Weakley County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 81% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $298,000 MARTIN Building fires Major
2 $225,400 Martin Building fires Significant
3 $225,400 martin Building fires Significant
4 $150,000 Greenfield Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 MARTIN Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Greenfield Building fires Significant
7 $81,700 Martin Building fires Significant
8 $80,000 Sharon Building fires Significant
9 $75,000 MARTIN Building fires Significant
10 $50,000 MARTIN Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Weakley County compares

Weakley County vs TN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.55
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Weakley County
12.55
TN avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
2.4
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Weakley County
2.4
TN avg
1.37
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Weakley County
0
TN avg
15
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Weakley County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 47183.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Weakley County

10 departments report from this county.

Martin Fire Department
Martin
FDID 92243 88 incidents 42 paid
LathamDukedom Volunteer Fire Department
Dresden
FDID 92831 33 incidents 25 vol
Dresden Fire Department
Dresden
FDID 92111 30 incidents
Sharon Fire Department
Sharon
FDID 92151 29 incidents 25 vol
Gleason Fire Department
Gleason
FDID 92123 19 incidents
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.