ZIP 72579 recorded 3 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 28 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Independence County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
28 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72579 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 8 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 5 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 4 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 2 | 7.1% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72579 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 1 | 7.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 92.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72579 across 2021–2025. These 5 fires alone account for 110% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $20,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $500 | Grass fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72579.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulphur Rock | 26 |
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 — 28 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.