ZIP 38135 recorded 82 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 435 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
435 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | |
| 2022 | 83 | |
| 2023 | 126 | |
| 2024 | 79 | |
| 2025 | 82 |
Jul peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38135 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 53 | 12.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 42 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 38 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 27 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 27 | 6.2% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38135 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 12.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 21.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 20.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38135 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1027% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $608,600 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $259,900 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $172,300 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $141,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38135.
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 — 435 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.