ZIP 72802 recorded 214 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,216 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pope County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,216 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 211 | |
| 2022 | 262 | |
| 2023 | 241 | |
| 2024 | 288 | |
| 2025 | 214 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72802 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 210 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 157 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 143 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 109 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 82 | 6.7% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72802 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 128 | 32.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 58 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 84 | 21.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 238 | 60.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 50 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72802 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 426% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $426,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $408,400 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72802.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russellville | 1,182 | |
| 2 | Atkins | 4 | |
| 3 | Dover | 4 | |
| 4 | Pottsville | 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 — 1,216 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.