ZIP 29229 recorded 230 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,134 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richland County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,134 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | |
| 2022 | 195 | |
| 2023 | 207 | |
| 2024 | 323 | |
| 2025 | 230 |
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29229 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 180 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 170 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 144 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 104 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 67 | 5.9% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29229 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 129 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 64 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 54 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 29 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 22 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 15 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 129 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 257 | 49.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 27 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 26 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 106 | 20.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29229 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 157% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $293,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $268,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $267,200 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $234,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $222,300 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29229.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia | 1,126 | |
| 2 | Elgin | 4 | |
| 3 | Orangeburg | 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 — 1,134 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.