ZIP 29016 recorded 199 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 678 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richland County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
678 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 111 | |
| 2023 | 96 | |
| 2024 | 164 | |
| 2025 | 199 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29016 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon monoxide incident | 98 | 14.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 82 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 78 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 60 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 54 | 8.0% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29016 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 79 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 71 | 20.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 213 | 62.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 18 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 42 | 12.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29016 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 150% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $364,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29016.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blythewood | 645 | |
| 2 | Columbia | 24 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45039 |
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 — 678 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.