ZIP 72417 recorded 88 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 346 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Craighead County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
346 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | |
| 2022 | 60 | |
| 2023 | 68 | |
| 2024 | 76 | |
| 2025 | 88 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72417 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 93 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 82 | 23.7% | |
| 3 | Prescribed fire | 34 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 25 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 21 | 6.1% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72417 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 100 | 39.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 34 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 14 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 17.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 233 | 91.7% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 3 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 2.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72417 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 106% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72417.
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 — 346 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.