ZIP 29073 recorded 244 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,915 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lexington County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,915 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 367 | |
| 2022 | 447 | |
| 2023 | 391 | |
| 2024 | 466 | |
| 2025 | 244 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29073 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 326 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 172 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 160 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 142 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 133 | 6.9% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29073 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 180 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 123 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 88 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 76 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 63 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 26 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 25 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 193 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 440 | 53.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 54 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 48 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 41 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 30 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 28 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 20 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 149 | 18.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29073 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 297% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $303,028 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $203,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29073.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington | 1,897 | |
| 2 | West Columbia | 2 | |
| 3 | Chapin | 1 | |
| 4 | Gaston | 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 — 1,915 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.