ZIP 71602 recorded 267 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,517 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,517 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 131 | |
| 2022 | 412 | |
| 2023 | 365 | |
| 2024 | 342 | |
| 2025 | 267 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71602 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 376 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 212 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 130 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 104 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 101 | 6.7% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71602 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 127 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 120 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 103 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 52 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 27 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 209 | 27.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 439 | 58.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 40 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 31 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 28 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Match | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 125 | 16.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71602 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 167% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $431,700 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $272,900 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Special outside fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $105,050 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $79,999 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71602.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Bluff | 904 | |
| 2 | White Hall | 421 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,517 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.