ZIP 29048 recorded 113 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 584 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Orangeburg County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
584 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 117 | |
| 2022 | 121 | |
| 2023 | 89 | |
| 2024 | 144 | |
| 2025 | 113 |
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29048 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 104 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 77 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 76 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 58 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 42 | 7.2% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29048 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 9 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 16.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 81.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29048 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 213% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $220,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $194,100 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $102,480 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29048.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly Hill | 1 | |
| 2 | Orangeburg | 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 — 584 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.