ZIP 29168 recorded 67 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 289 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sumter County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
289 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 53 | |
| 2024 | 52 | |
| 2025 | 67 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29168 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 40 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 38 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 32 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 28 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 23 | 8.0% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29168 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 62 | 36.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 47 | 27.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 21 | 12.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 74.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 1.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29168 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 261% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29168.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wedgefield | 283 | |
| 2 | Sumter | 4 | |
| 3 | Saluda | 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 — 289 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.