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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 72659

ZIP 72659 is served primarily by Baxter County, AR — including Mountain Home. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Baxter County aggregate. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

ZIP 72659 FIPS 05005 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
346
2,366 across 5 years
Building fires
54
120 wildland
Wildfire risk
72
FEMA NRI · High
Active fires
0
in Baxter County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Baxter County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 50
Feb 39
Mar 98
Apr 47
May 21
Jun 24
Jul 37
Aug 20
Sep 5
Oct 2
Nov 1
Dec 2
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Baxter County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Building fires 54 15.6%
2 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 48 13.9%
3 Grass fire 44 12.7%
4 Authorized controlled burning 35 10.1%
5 Forest, woods or wildland fire 19 5.5%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 72659

6 cities sit in Baxter County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Mountain Home 12,876 95 12 C+
2 Gassville 2,466 46 3 C-
3 Midway 1,226 19 6 B-
4 Cotter 1,004 17 1 B-
5 Lakeview 949 9 1 B-
6 Norfork 554 12 1 D
11 Current conditions

Right now in 72659

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Baxter County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.