ZIP 71603 recorded 317 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,470 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,470 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67 | |
| 2022 | 399 | |
| 2023 | 385 | |
| 2024 | 302 | |
| 2025 | 317 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71603 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 258 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 246 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 127 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 102 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 90 | 6.1% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71603 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 242 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 108 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 102 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 42 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 32 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 27 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 27 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 238 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 477 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 73 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 44 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 41 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 24 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 146 | 16.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71603 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 244% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $155,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $95,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $90,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71603.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Bluff | 1,371 | |
| 2 | Altheimer | 1 | |
| 3 | Redfield | 1 | |
| 4 | White Hall | 1 |
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 — 1,470 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.