ZIP 29072 recorded 161 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,615 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lexington County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,615 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 359 | |
| 2022 | 347 | |
| 2023 | 376 | |
| 2024 | 372 | |
| 2025 | 161 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29072 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 238 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 209 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 164 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 129 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 93 | 5.8% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29072 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 73 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 67 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 64 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 48 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 30 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 17 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 172 | 29.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 307 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 49 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 34 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 21 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 94 | 15.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29072 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 444% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $330,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $294,733 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29072.
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 — 1,615 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.