ZIP 71973 recorded 5 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 15 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Howard County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
15 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 71973 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 5 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Fire, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 1 | 6.7% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 71973 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 71973 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 71973.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wickes | 13 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | AR | 1.00 | FIPS 05113 |
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 — 15 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.