In 2025, fire departments serving Siloam Springs responded to 43 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
167 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | -7.3% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 41 | — | |
| 2025 | 43 | +4.9% |
* Well below Siloam Springs'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 6 building fires Siloam Springs 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 35.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 8.1% |
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 Siloam Springs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 8 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 10.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Siloam Springs departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Siloam Springs sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 79,258 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,900 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,240 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,770 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,580 | 36.8 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 Siloam Springs. 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.