In 2025, fire departments serving Benton County responded to 1,861 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $900K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
9,694 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,728 | |
| 2022 | 2,139 | |
| 2023 | 1,608 | |
| 2024 | 2,358 | |
| 2025 | 1,861 |
For the 204 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Benton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 51% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | BENTONVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | GENTRY | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | BENTONVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $301,000 | City of Siloam Sprin | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | BENTONVILLE | Outside equipment fire | Major |
| 6 | $285,000 | Rogers | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $260,000 | City of Siloam Sprin | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $260,000 | ROGERS | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $220,000 | Garfield | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $200,000 | GRAVETTE | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 05007.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers | 69,961 | View › |
| Bentonville | 54,513 | View › |
| Bella Vista | 30,297 | View › |
| Centerton | 18,655 | View › |
| Siloam Springs | 17,632 | View › |
| Lowell | 10,005 | View › |
| Pea Ridge | 6,851 | View › |
| Cave Springs | 5,521 | View › |
| Gentry | 3,912 | View › |
| Gravette | 3,565 | View › |
| Little Flock | 3,019 | View › |
| Prairie Creek | 2,379 | View › |
26 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Mans Land | 2006 | USFS | 8,403 |
| 2 | Sulphur Mountain | 2006 | USFS | 4,475 |
| 3 | Big Point | 2016 | USFS | 3,993 |
| 4 | Pipeline | 2016 | USFS | 3,286 |
| 5 | 21 Lick Creek | 2021 | NPS | 3,250 |
| 6 | 20 Cave Creek | 2020 | NPS | 2,939 |
| 7 | Walker | 2024 | USFS | 1,844 |
| 8 | Flat Rock | 2001 | NPS | 1,484 |
| 9 | Slick Rock Hollow | 2013 | NPS | 1,211 |
| 10 | ABOUT TIME | 1996 | NPS | 1,073 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.