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2025 County Report

Fires in Faulkner County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Faulkner County responded to 619 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

81,097 residents FIPS 05045 31 cities · 18 fire depts
Total incidents
619
4,938 across 5 years
Building fires
89
189 wildland
Property loss
$5.2M
$4.4M structure · $840K contents
Casualties
2 / 0
2 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.

619
Total Incidents
Grass fire 102 16.5%
Building fires 89 14.4%
Unauthorized burning 64 10.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 63 10.2%
Authorized controlled burning 63 10.2%
All other categories 238 38.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Faulkner County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 60
Feb 87
Mar 201
Apr 59
May 24
Jun 30
Jul 41
Aug 41
Sep 8
Oct 18
Nov 22
Dec 28
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Faulkner County

4,938 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 1,023
2022 951
2023 1,218
2024 1,127
2025 619
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 89 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
62
Cause undetermined
23%
29
Intentional / arson
18%
22
Equipment / heat source failure
3%
4
Under investigation
2%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
5
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $3.8M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Faulkner County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 87% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $2,000,000 Menifee Building fires Major
2 $500,000 PULASKI COUNTY Building fires Major
3 $318,200 FAULKNER COUNTY Building fires Major
4 $250,000 Conway Building fires Major
5 $205,000 Conway Building fires Significant
6 $150,000 Conway Building fires Significant
7 $150,000 Mayflower Building fires Significant
8 $99,200 FAULKNER COUNTY Building fires Significant
9 $87,500 FAULKNER COUNTY Building fires Significant
10 $81,000 Mayflower Building fires Significant
06 How Faulkner County compares

Faulkner County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.63
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Faulkner County
7.63
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
1.1
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Faulkner County
1.1
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
24.7
Civilian fire deaths per million
Faulkner County
24.7
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Faulkner County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05045.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Faulkner County

18 departments report from this county.

VILONIA FD
—
FDID 23005 192 incidents 24 vol
MAYFLOWER
Mayflower
FDID 23002 123 incidents 2 paid 21 vol
WOOSTER VOL
Wooster
FDID 23006 58 incidents 22 vol
LIBERTY
Conway
FDID 23011 54 incidents 20 vol
CENTERVILLE
—
FDID 23301 54 incidents 20 vol
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.