ZIP 29340 recorded 325 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,781 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cherokee County, SC.
1,781 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 330 | |
| 2022 | 369 | |
| 2023 | 395 | |
| 2024 | 362 | |
| 2025 | 325 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29340 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 373 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 212 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 156 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Accident, potential accident, other | 133 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 110 | 6.2% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29340 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 86 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 58 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 46 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 39 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 34 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 6.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 19 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 126 | 25.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 209 | 42.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 60 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 28 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 91 | 18.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29340 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 173% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $190,376 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,272 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $57,449 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $56,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29340.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaffney | 1,452 | |
| 2 | East Gaffney | 2 | |
| 3 | Blacksburg | 1 | |
| 4 | Cowpens | 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 — 1,781 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.