In 2025, fire departments serving Marked Tree responded to 41 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
269 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $3.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | 55 | +27.9% | |
| 2023 | 64 | +16.4% | |
| 2024 | 66 | +3.1% | |
| 2025 | 41 | -37.9% |
For the 2 building fires Marked Tree departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 151 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 22.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 19.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 24 | 15.9% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 5.3% |
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 Marked Tree mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 99.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marked Tree departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marked Tree sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,809 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 6.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 239 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 203 | 15.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 195 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 159 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 | 47.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 149 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 148 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 148 | 42.5 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Marked Tree. 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.