ZIP 71968 recorded 49 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 310 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Garland County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
310 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 73 | |
| 2025 | 49 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71968 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 67 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 59 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 34 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 18 | 5.8% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71968 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 33.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 46 | 25.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 12.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 55.8% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 36 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Match | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71968 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $30,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $8,350 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71968.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Springs | 3 | |
| 2 | Pearcy | 2 | |
| 3 | Mountain Pine | 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 — 310 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.