ZIP 37862 recorded 220 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,682 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sevier County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,682 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 232 | |
| 2022 | 492 | |
| 2023 | 440 | |
| 2024 | 298 | |
| 2025 | 220 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37862 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 316 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 175 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 174 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 120 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 116 | 6.9% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37862 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 67 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 53 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 44 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 41 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 21 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 184 | 31.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 311 | 52.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 46 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 37 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 18 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 17 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 90 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37862 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 260% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $399,554 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37862.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sevierville | 1,636 | |
| 2 | Pigeon Forge | 27 | |
| 3 | Gatlinburg | 2 |
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 — 1,682 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.