ZIP 72736 recorded 110 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 560 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Benton County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
560 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 76 | |
| 2022 | 169 | |
| 2023 | 62 | |
| 2024 | 143 | |
| 2025 | 110 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72736 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 109 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 87 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 85 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 40 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 24 | 4.3% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72736 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 89 | 33.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 44 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 163 | 60.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 44 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72736 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 361% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $135,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72736.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravette | 558 | |
| 2 | Sulphur Springs | 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 — 560 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.