ZIP 38585 recorded 67 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 564 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Van Buren County, TN.
564 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 171 | |
| 2023 | 163 | |
| 2024 | 77 | |
| 2025 | 67 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38585 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 143 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 110 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 32 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 26 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 22 | 3.9% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38585 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 70.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38585 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 267% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $538,200 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $243,400 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38585.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer | 561 |
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 — 564 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.