ZIP 72568 recorded 31 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 152 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Independence County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
152 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 32 | |
| 2024 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 31 |
Aug peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72568 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 40 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 19.7% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 18 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 14 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 8 | 5.3% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72568 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 11 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 21.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 46.4% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 19.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72568 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 233% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72568.
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 — 152 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.