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2025 County Report

Fires in Woodruff County, AR

In 2025, fire departments serving Woodruff County responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents.

4,605 residents FIPS 05147 29 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
15
239 across 5 years
Building fires
1
4 wildland
Property loss
$5K
$0 structure · $5K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.

15
Total Incidents
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 4 26.7%
Grass fire 3 20.0%
Fire, other 1 6.7%
Building fires 1 6.7%
Cooking fire, confined to container 1 6.7%
All other categories 5 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Woodruff County?

Jan peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 6
Feb 2
Mar 4
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Woodruff County

239 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 48
2022 79
2023 46
2024 51
2025 15
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
4
Cause undetermined
29%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Woodruff County compares

Woodruff County vs AR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.26
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Woodruff County
3.26
AR avg
11.92
US avg
7.15
0.22
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Woodruff County
0.22
AR avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Woodruff County
0
AR avg
16.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Woodruff County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 05147.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Woodruff County

5 departments report from this county.

AUGUSTA
—
FDID 74000 6 incidents
HUNTER VOL
—
FDID 74004 1 incidents 15 vol
COTTON PLANT
—
FDID 74001 0 incidents
MCCRORY
McCrory
FDID 74002 0 incidents 24 vol
PATTERSON
Patterson
FDID 74003 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.