ZIP 72712 recorded 261 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,675 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Benton County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,675 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 370 | |
| 2022 | 368 | |
| 2023 | 259 | |
| 2024 | 417 | |
| 2025 | 261 |
May peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72712 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 268 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 175 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 129 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 97 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 88 | 5.3% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72712 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 68 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 67 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 11.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 13 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 130 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 226 | 49.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 37 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 91 | 19.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72712 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 297% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,464,650 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $805,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $695,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72712.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bentonville | 1,643 | |
| 2 | Cave Springs | 16 | |
| 3 | Highfill | 4 | |
| 4 | Centerton | 1 | |
| 5 | Rogers | 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 — 1,675 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.