ZIP 38485 recorded 25 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 153 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, TN.
153 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 54 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 25 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38485 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 36 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 31 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 13 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 12 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 11 | 7.2% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38485 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 31.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 43.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Conducted heat from another fire | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 17.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38485 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 212% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $143,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $96,400 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $96,400 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $90,700 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $86,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $76,100 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38485.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waynesboro | 148 | |
| 2 | Clifton | 2 | |
| 3 | Lawrenceburg | 2 |
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 — 153 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.