ZIP 72653 recorded 177 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,329 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Baxter County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,329 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 264 | |
| 2022 | 319 | |
| 2023 | 281 | |
| 2024 | 288 | |
| 2025 | 177 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72653 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 219 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 144 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 139 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 127 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 123 | 9.3% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72653 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 80 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 79 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 48 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 110 | 26.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 225 | 53.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 19 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 69 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72653 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 179% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $183,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72653.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Home | 795 | |
| 2 | Gassville | 4 | |
| 3 | Lakeview | 1 | |
| 4 | Norfork | 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 — 1,329 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.