ZIP 29212 recorded 58 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 930 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richland County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
930 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 306 | |
| 2022 | 181 | |
| 2023 | 200 | |
| 2024 | 185 | |
| 2025 | 58 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29212 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 144 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 88 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 80 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 70 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 63 | 6.8% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29212 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 40 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 28 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 85 | 28.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 151 | 50.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 12.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29212 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1342% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $360,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $255,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $162,700 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $128,050 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29212.
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 — 930 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.