ZIP 29020 recorded 226 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,517 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kershaw County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,517 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 334 | |
| 2022 | 301 | |
| 2023 | 283 | |
| 2024 | 373 | |
| 2025 | 226 |
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29020 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 176 | 11.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 146 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 115 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 95 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 95 | 6.3% |
For the 37 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29020 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 167 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 72 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 62 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 60 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 37 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 13 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 118 | 19.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 342 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 42 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 34 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 17 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 16 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 13 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 108 | 17.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29020 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 196% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $154,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29020.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden | 1,504 | |
| 2 | Bishopville | 2 | |
| 3 | Kershaw | 1 | |
| 4 | Lugoff | 1 | |
| 5 | Sumter | 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 — 1,517 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.