ZIP 72116 recorded 250 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,517 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pulaski County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,517 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 354 | |
| 2022 | 241 | |
| 2023 | 279 | |
| 2024 | 393 | |
| 2025 | 250 |
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72116 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 212 | 14.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 168 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 150 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 124 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 101 | 6.7% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72116 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 94 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 76 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 68 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 38 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 12 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 131 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 286 | 58.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 71 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72116 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 383% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $320,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $255,251 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $208,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $166,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72116.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherwood | 835 | |
| 2 | North Little Rock | 660 | |
| 3 | Little Rock | 6 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville | 1 | |
| 5 | Maumelle | 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 — 1,517 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.