ZIP 38501 recorded 204 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,637 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jackson County, TN.
1,637 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 269 | |
| 2022 | 415 | |
| 2023 | 418 | |
| 2024 | 331 | |
| 2025 | 204 |
Nov peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 178 | 10.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 150 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 149 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 139 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 133 | 8.1% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 112 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 98 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 96 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 72 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 43 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 40 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 29 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 22 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 203 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 334 | 46.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 53 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 40 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 36 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 31 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 23 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 140 | 19.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 287% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cookeville | 1,598 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County | TN | 1.00 | FIPS 47141 |
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 — 1,637 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.