ZIP 37879 recorded 65 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 536 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Claiborne County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
536 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 113 | |
| 2022 | 133 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 101 | |
| 2025 | 65 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37879 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 126 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 45 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 39 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 37 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 32 | 6.0% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37879 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 63 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 99 | 42.5% | |
| 2 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 19 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 21.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37879 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37879.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tazewell | 515 | |
| 2 | New Tazewell | 10 | |
| 3 | Harrogate | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County | TN | 1.00 | FIPS 47067 |
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 — 536 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.