In 2025, fire departments serving Piggott responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $245K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | — | |
| 2022* | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 23 | — | |
| 2024 | 22 | -4.3% | |
| 2025 | 25 | +13.6% |
* Well below Piggott's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 2 building fires Piggott departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 74 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 | Other | 34 | 45.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 23 | 31.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 2.7% |
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 Piggott mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 32 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 31 | 41.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 1.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Piggott sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,626 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 334 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 316 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 285 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 285 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 276 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 185 | 40.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 174 | 35.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 170 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 167 | 43.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 161 | 47.9 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 Piggott. 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.