ZIP 72120 recorded 264 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 953 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Faulkner County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
953 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 152 | |
| 2022 | 179 | |
| 2023 | 166 | |
| 2024 | 192 | |
| 2025 | 264 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 156 | 16.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 102 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 87 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 70 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 55 | 5.8% |
For the 40 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 76 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 188 | 62.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Match | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 110% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $430,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherwood | 902 | |
| 2 | North Little Rock | 22 | |
| 3 | Little Rock | 6 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville | 2 | |
| 5 | Beebe | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County | AR | 1.00 | FIPS 05119 |
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 — 953 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.