ZIP 38462 recorded 34 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 182 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lewis County, TN.
182 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | |
| 2022 | 34 | |
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 34 |
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38462 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 47 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 17 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 16 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 14 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 11 | 6.0% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38462 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 24 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 31.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 33.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 21.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38462 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 476% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $385,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $83,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $78,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38462.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohenwald | 178 | |
| 2 | Dickson | 2 | |
| 3 | Gainesboro | 1 | |
| 4 | Summertown | 1 |
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 — 182 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.