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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 328 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $125K property loss.

32,991 residents FIPS 05055 32 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
328
1,826 across 5 years
Building fires
44
90 wildland
Property loss
$1.5M
$1.1M structure · $352K 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 57% of all calls.

328
Total Incidents
Grass fire 61 18.6%
Building fires 44 13.4%
Unauthorized burning 39 11.9%
Fire, other 21 6.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 21 6.4%
All other categories 142 43.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 14
Feb 11
Mar 98
Apr 48
May 20
Jun 16
Jul 29
Aug 26
Sep 19
Oct 12
Nov 15
Dec 20
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

1,826 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 382
2022 348
2023 414
2024 354
2025 328
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 44 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
60%
88
Cause undetermined
10%
14
Intentional / arson
12%
18
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
8
Under investigation
8%
12
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
7
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $840K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Greene County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 75% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $125,000 Delaplaine Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $120,000 Paragould Building fires Significant
3 $120,000 Paragould Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $100,000 Paragould Building fires Significant
5 $80,000 Paragould Building fires Significant
6 $75,000 Paragould Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
7 $60,000 Paragould Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $60,000 Paragould Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 Paragould Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
10 $50,000 PARAGOULD Building fires Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.94
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
9.94
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
1.33
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
1.33
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
0
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05055.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Greene County

7 departments report from this county.

PARAGOULD
—
FDID 28300 135 incidents 26 paid
WESTERN GREENE CO
—
FDID 28001 82 incidents
LAFE
Lafe
FDID 28002 46 incidents 20 vol
OAK GROVE HEIGHTS
Paragould
FDID 28004 31 incidents
DELAPLAINE VOL
—
FDID 28003 9 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.