In 2025, fire departments serving Crossett responded to 50 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
275 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 74 | +76.2% | |
| 2023 | 42 | -43.2% | |
| 2024 | 67 | +59.5% | |
| 2025 | 50 | -25.4% |
For the 6 building fires Crossett departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 173 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 26 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 51 | 29.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Crossett mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Match | 15 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 10.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Crossett sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 21,388 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,669 | 10.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,070 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,806 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1,806 | 16.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,414 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,013 | 28.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 755 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 632 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 606 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 495 | 33.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71635 | 275 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Crossett. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Crossett.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.