ZIP 72916 recorded 48 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 416 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sebastian County, AR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
416 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 109 | |
| 2023 | 66 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 48 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 72916 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 79 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 65 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 58 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 34 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 33 | 7.9% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 72916 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 28 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 32 | 22.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 53.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated heat from another fire | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 13.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 72916 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 458% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $159,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 72916.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Smith | 359 | |
| 2 | Bonanza | 33 | |
| 3 | Greenwood | 10 | |
| 4 | Hackett | 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 — 416 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.