ZIP 38553 recorded 28 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 268 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fentress County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
268 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | |
| 2022 | 55 | |
| 2023 | 81 | |
| 2024 | 52 | |
| 2025 | 28 |
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38553 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 87 | 32.5% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 68 | 25.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 23 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 18 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 14 | 5.2% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38553 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 50.7% | |
| 2 | Structural area, other | 10 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 14.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 3 | 4.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 29 | 42.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 18 | 26.1% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 17 | 24.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 1.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38553 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38553.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarkrange | 265 | |
| 2 | Jamestown | 2 | |
| 3 | Grimsley | 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 — 268 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.