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2025 County Report

Fires in Fulton County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Fulton County responded to 81 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

1,396 residents FIPS 05049 27 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
81
488 across 5 years
Building fires
15
48 wildland
Property loss
$562K
$498K structure · $64K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 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 83% of all calls.

81
Total Incidents
Grass fire 24 29.6%
Building fires 15 18.5%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 12 14.8%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 11 13.6%
Outside rubbish fire, other 5 6.2%
All other categories 14 17.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fulton County?

Mar peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 8
Feb 14
Mar 30
Apr 2
May 5
Jun 2
Jul 4
Aug 3
Sep 5
Oct 1
Nov 3
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fulton County

488 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 98
2022 106
2023 115
2024 88
2025 81
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 15 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
74%
14
Cause undetermined
21%
4
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $494K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Fulton County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 Camp Fire, other Significant
2 $100,000 viola Building fires Significant
3 $50,000 Mammoth Spring Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 viola Building fires Significant
5 $30,000 Mammoth Spring Building fires Significant
6 $30,000 Viola Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $15,000 viola Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $11,000 Salem Building fires Significant
9 $5,000 salem Grass fire Significant
10 $2,500 Mammoth Spring Building fires Significant
06 How Fulton County compares

Fulton County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

58.02
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
58.02
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
10.74
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
10.74
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fulton County
0
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fulton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05049.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fulton County

10 departments report from this county.

VIOLA
—
FDID 25002 21 incidents 16 vol
MAMMOTH SPRING
Mammoth Spring
FDID 25000 18 incidents 16 vol
CAMP VOL
—
FDID 25007 3 incidents
SALEM
—
FDID 25001 0 incidents
MORRISTON VOL
Salem
FDID 25003 0 incidents 10 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.