In 2025, fire departments serving Plumerville responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2.0M 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 78% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
103 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 32 | — | |
| 2023 | 32 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 19 | -40.6% | |
| 2025 | 18 | -5.3% |
* Well below Plumerville'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 Plumerville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 83 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 | 45 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 7 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Construction/renovation area | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 10.8% |
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 Plumerville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 75.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Match | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 3.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Plumerville departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $124,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Plumerville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 32,824 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 5,091 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,983 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,067 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,014 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,653 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,591 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 1,435 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,401 | 16.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,052 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,014 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,004 | 36.6 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 Plumerville. 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.