ZIP 72701 recorded 386 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,916 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Washington County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,916 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 400 | |
| 2022 | 375 | |
| 2023 | 382 | |
| 2024 | 373 | |
| 2025 | 386 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 258 | 13.5% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 258 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 164 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 149 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 116 | 6.1% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 187 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 104 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 63 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 54 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 40 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 24 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 159 | 22.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 486 | 68.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 35 | 4.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 22 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 76 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1125% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $17,000,000 | Light ballast breakdown | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,319,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $376,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fayetteville | 1,880 | |
| 2 | Greenland | 31 | |
| 3 | West Fork | 2 |
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 — 1,916 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.