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2025 County Report

Fires in Pike County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Pike County responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $4.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

5,040 residents FIPS 05109 22 cities · 9 fire depts
Total incidents
49
467 across 5 years
Building fires
7
20 wildland
Property loss
$4.5M
$4.4M structure · $179K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

49
Total Incidents
Building fires 7 14.3%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 7 14.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 12.2%
Fire, other 5 10.2%
Grass fire 5 10.2%
All other categories 19 38.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Pike County?

Mar peaks. May dips.

Jan 6
Feb 8
Mar 19
Apr 2
May 0
Jun 3
Jul 1
Aug 8
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Pike County

467 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 102
2022 142
2023 72
2024 102
2025 49
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
83%
15
Cause undetermined
6%
1
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
6%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

9 fires · $4.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Pike County during 2025. These 9 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $4,000,000 MURFREESBORO Building fires Major
2 $150,000 MURFREESBORO Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Glenwood Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 dELIGHT Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
5 $50,000 MURFREESBORO Building fires Significant
6 $5,000 MURFREESBORO Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $4,000 MURFREESBORO Commercial Compactor fire, confined to rubbish Significant
8 $1,000 Glenwood Trash or rubbish fire, contained Significant
9 $500 Glenwood Grass fire Significant
06 How Pike County compares

Pike County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.72
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Pike County
9.72
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
1.39
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Pike County
1.39
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Pike County
0
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Pike County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05109.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Pike County

9 departments report from this county.

MURFREESBORO
Murfreesboro
FDID 55004 23 incidents 3 vol
DELIGHT VOL
DELIGHT
FDID 55002 11 incidents 29 vol
NEW HOPE
NEWHOPE
FDID 55001 6 incidents 20 vol
LANGLEY VOL
Langley
FDID 55010 1 incidents 6 vol
GLENWOOD
Glenwood
FDID 55003 0 incidents 19 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.