In 2025, fire departments serving Wrightsville responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
31 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | -37.5% | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | +250.0% |
* Well below Wrightsville'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 Wrightsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Wrightsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 83.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wrightsville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,660 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 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 636 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 540 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 486 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 413 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 367 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 343 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 336 | 14.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 330 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 327 | 43.4 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 Wrightsville. 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.