ZIP 71770 recorded 18 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 132 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Columbia County, AR.
132 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 23 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 18 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71770 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 34 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 23 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 13 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 8 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 6 | 4.5% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71770 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vacant structural area | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 18.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 58.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Match | 9 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71770 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 50199% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $70,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71770.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waldo | 131 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada County | AR | 1.00 | FIPS 05099 |
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 — 132 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.