In 2025, fire departments serving Lewisville responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
64 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $11K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +200.0% | |
| 2023 | 9 | -62.5% | |
| 2024 | 12 | +33.3% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -8.3% |
For the 7 building fires Lewisville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 59 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 | Undetermined | 25 | 42.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 13.6% |
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 Lewisville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 40 | 67.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 1.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lewisville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,768 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,378 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,299 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 905 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 852 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 740 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 727 | 15.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 537 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 506 | 26.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 452 | 43.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 429 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 380 | 41.7 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 | 71845 | 64 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Lewisville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.