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2025 County Report

Fires in Clark County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Clark County responded to 183 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.

14,346 residents FIPS 05019 35 cities · 13 fire depts
Total incidents
183
1,011 across 5 years
Building fires
19
38 wildland
Property loss
$261K
$228K structure · $33K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.

183
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 59 32.2%
Building fires 19 10.4%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 13 7.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 13 7.1%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 11 6.0%
All other categories 68 37.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Clark County?

Apr peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 19
Feb 21
Mar 26
Apr 30
May 13
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 24
Sep 11
Oct 10
Nov 17
Dec 12
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Clark County

1,011 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 234
2022 231
2023 166
2024 197
2025 183
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 19 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
46%
18
Cause undetermined
13%
5
Intentional / arson
10%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
5
Under investigation
18%
7
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $228K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Clark County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 Arkadelphia Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
2 $50,000 Arkadelphia Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
3 $25,000 Arkadelphia Building fires Significant
4 $2,500 Arkadelphia Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
5 $50 Arkadelphia Fire, other Significant
06 How Clark County compares

Clark County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.76
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Clark County
12.76
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
1.32
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Clark County
1.32
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
69.7
Civilian fire deaths per million
Clark County
69.7
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Clark County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05019.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Clark County

13 departments report from this county.

ARKADELPHIA
—
FDID 10300 169 incidents 8 paid
OKOLONA
—
FDID 10004 8 incidents 13 vol
AMITY
Amity
FDID 10000 0 incidents 25 vol
GUM SPRINGS
—
FDID 10002 0 incidents
GURDON
—
FDID 10003 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AR

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

About this data

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.