ZIP 29045 recorded 166 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,072 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richland County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,072 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 208 | |
| 2022 | 244 | |
| 2023 | 218 | |
| 2024 | 236 | |
| 2025 | 166 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29045 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 139 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 102 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 91 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 84 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 73 | 6.8% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29045 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 138 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 85 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 65 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 42 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 27 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 17 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 103 | 18.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 265 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 47 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 35 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 105 | 19.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29045 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 264% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $145,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29045.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elgin | 1,043 | |
| 2 | Columbia | 11 | |
| 3 | Lugoff | 3 | |
| 4 | Blythewood | 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 — 1,072 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.