ZIP 37916 recorded 51 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 324 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Knox County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
324 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | |
| 2022 | 95 | |
| 2023 | 77 | |
| 2024 | 54 | |
| 2025 | 51 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37916 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 41 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 38 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 32 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 30 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 26 | 8.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37916 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 30 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 17 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 64.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 9 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37916 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 7647% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37916.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knoxville | 295 |
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 — 324 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.