ZIP 38141 recorded 68 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 407 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shelby County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
407 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 73 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 68 |
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38141 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 63 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 60 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 38 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 28 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 28 | 6.9% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38141 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 55 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 57 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 51 | 24.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Molten, hot material | 20 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 13.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38141 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 181% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $109,428 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $105,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $102,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $98,890 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $90,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38141.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | 407 |
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 — 407 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.