ZIP 29169 recorded 225 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,555 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lexington County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,555 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 361 | |
| 2022 | 306 | |
| 2023 | 297 | |
| 2024 | 366 | |
| 2025 | 225 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29169 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 339 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 124 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 122 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 114 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 96 | 6.2% |
For the 37 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29169 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 77 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 67 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 36 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 152 | 28.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 346 | 64.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 37 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 26 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 57 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29169 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 463% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,550,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $750,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $278,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $200,676 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $196,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29169.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Columbia | 1,468 | |
| 2 | Springdale | 35 | |
| 3 | South Congaree | 10 | |
| 4 | Columbia | 2 | |
| 5 | Timmonsville | 2 |
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 — 1,555 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.