ZIP 29210 recorded 232 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,065 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richland County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,065 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 502 | |
| 2022 | 395 | |
| 2023 | 408 | |
| 2024 | 528 | |
| 2025 | 232 |
Sep peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29210 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 391 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 175 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 154 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 151 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 125 | 6.1% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29210 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 16.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 118 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 102 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 86 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 44 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 26 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 199 | 25.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 441 | 57.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 53 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 51 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 23 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 94 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29210 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1036% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,650,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $637,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $480,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $298,300 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29210.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia | 2,040 | |
| 2 | Irmo | 7 | |
| 3 | Lexington | 1 | |
| 4 | West Columbia | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45063 |
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 — 2,065 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.