ZIP 71901 recorded 301 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,475 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Garland County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,475 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 218 | |
| 2022 | 157 | |
| 2023 | 371 | |
| 2024 | 428 | |
| 2025 | 301 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71901 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 306 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 223 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 121 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 116 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 98 | 6.6% |
For the 40 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71901 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 54 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 52 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 39 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 39 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 24 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 169 | 30.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 297 | 53.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 53 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 33 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 17 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 88 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71901 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 116% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $159,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71901.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Springs | 1,292 | |
| 2 | Fountain Lake | 40 | |
| 3 | Malvern | 3 |
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 — 1,475 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.