ZIP 72801 recorded 135 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 833 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pope County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
833 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 120 | |
| 2022 | 207 | |
| 2023 | 188 | |
| 2024 | 183 | |
| 2025 | 135 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 141 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 120 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 119 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 57 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 56 | 6.7% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 16 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 57 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 124 | 61.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 20 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 8.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 878% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $305,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $285,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $285,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $225,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russellville | 833 |
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 — 833 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.