ZIP 37885 recorded 47 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 267 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Monroe County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
267 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | |
| 2022 | 56 | |
| 2023 | 52 | |
| 2024 | 59 | |
| 2025 | 47 |
May peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37885 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 48 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 39 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 26 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 14 | 5.2% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37885 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 15 | 26.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37885 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 361% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $75,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $40,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37885.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vonore | 259 | |
| 2 | Madisonville | 5 | |
| 3 | Sweetwater | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blount County | TN | 0.50 | FIPS 47009 |
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 — 267 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.